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From: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com>
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Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:49:37 -0700
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I guess I should have included my intentions here. I have
about 2000 cable modem customers and the number is going up.
I need the caching engine to save bandwidth across the fiber
when possible.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Robinson" <paul@akita.co.uk>
To: "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com>
Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: Web Caching Engine


> On Jul 24, Jeremy Buckner <jeremy@cableaz.com> 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
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>
>


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