On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Chris Wilcox wrote:
> Hmm, I guess you could run wget commands on the Squid server. If you tell
> wget to go through Squid, it will cache pages but is not really proxying as
> it is the Squid box making the requests for the Squid box which is not 'on
> behalf of' ie proxying. The proxy part I think is only when Squid makes web
> requests for clients.
Indeed, and in the above Squid would proxy for the wget client.
True! :)
Now to the more interesting question: How do you make anything useful out of the above, if it is only the wget command who is using the proxy?
What you get is the ability to pre-cache content: something very useful in schools. You can schedule wget via cron to pre-cache pages during the night (quiet period in school browsing habits) and then during the teaching day those pre-cached pages will load that bit quicker. Can't see why you'd want to cache without proxying for reasons other than pre-caching though!
This all comes in useful when you're developing what I'm involved with!
> This has the effect of pre-caching content for LAN users who may wish to > browse the pre-cached pages at a later date and time.
Regards,
Chris
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