ons 2010-10-13 klockan 08:36 -0700 skrev cachenewbie: > Hi - In a transparent mode, is there any "protocol" and "functional" > difference between squid running in forward mode and reverse mode ? i.e. > other than talking to a dedicated backend, is reverse proxy doing the same > thing as forward proxy w.r.t to HTTP "caching" proxy functionality
There is very little functional difference between the proxy modes. transparent -> NAT integration. Accept origin server requests. reverse -> Accept origin server requests. Require the use of a peer by default. normal -> Accept proxy requests. > Also are there any good performance numbers with latest version of Squid > 3.1.6? None that I know of. > I've read posts comparing nginx and Squid citing that former is > better than latter - but I am curious if the differences still persist with > the latest event driven model in 3.1.6 ? For forward transparent proxy mode, > has someone evaluated the pros and cons of Squid/Nginx ? Nginx is probably faster than Squid, but lacks in other ways. Regards Henrik
