From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jul 24 8:49: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from jake.akitanet.co.uk (jake.akitanet.co.uk [212.1.130.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC4E37B409 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:48:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wiggy@wopr.akitanet.co.uk) Received: from dsl-212-135-208-201.dsl.easynet.co.uk ([212.135.208.201] helo=wopr.akitanet.co.uk) by jake.akitanet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #3) id 15P4Q6-000KV0-00; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:48:26 +0100 Received: from wiggy by wopr.akitanet.co.uk with local (Exim 3.21 #2) id 15P4Ry-000F08-00; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:50:22 +0100 Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:50:22 +0100 From: Paul Robinson To: Jeremy Buckner Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine Message-ID: <20010724165022.A57652@jake.akitanet.co.uk> References: <000701c11456$8e3893a0$1396f13f@caz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000701c11456$8e3893a0$1396f13f@caz>; from jeremy@cableaz.com on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 08:37:32AM -0700 X-Scanner: exiscan *15P4Q6-000KV0-00*$AK$ucCH2Sv9cniG2JJ/.EBjH0* Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Jul 24, Jeremy Buckner wrote: > Has anyone ever used/configured FreeBSD as a web caching > engine. Can it be done or do I have to buy the $50,000 Cisco > product? Also it be seamless to my customers (no setting > proxy settings or anything like that). Any ideas? Take a look at squid. If you put it in transparent mode, it's behaviour is the same as expensive products. However, you may want to look at bakeoff results to see if it's powerful enough for what you need: http://cacheoff.ircache.net/ -- Paul Robinson ,--------------------------------------- Technical Director @ Akita | A computer lets you make more mistakes PO Box 604, Manchester, M60 3PR | than any other invention with the T: +44 (0) 161 228 6388 (F:6389)| possible exceptions of handguns and | Tequila - Mitch Ratcliffe `----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message