On Tuesday 19 August 2003 19.28, Anand Kumria wrote:

>       - configuration for the common case is vastly simpler
>       - cleanup http proxying versus http acceleration seperation
>
>               : these two changes make it trivial to get squid up and running

I assume you refer to the accel mode  only in the above two? The 
changes in non-accel mode is barely nothing..

>       - improved authentication infrastructure
>
>               : Easily! hook up NTLM, LDAP, NIS, etc.

This is not news for Squid-3.0.. the same infrastructure exists in 
Squid-2.5.

>       - support encrypted peers, SSL gatewaying, SSL hardware
> acceleration - support for millions of clients
>
>               : via epoll (Linux), kqueue (FreeBSD), completion ports(?)
>               : (Win32)

These are still experimental features and need a fair bit of testing 
before pushed for.

>       - enhanced reliability via an automated test suite,

This is news, but not really visible to others than developers.

>       - native Win32 port, take over ISA one server at a time

The win32 port is still a little experimental and an ongoing effort 
and is not yet fully merged into Squid-3.

> Remember, "Lies, damned lies and marketing material". Or similiar.



Reading the release notes one more time I see several entries which 
does not belong here as they came from Squid-2.5.

Regards
Henrik

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