Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:35:36 -0300 (ART) From: Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar> To: Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP/HTTP caching proxy for use with fetch and ports? Message-ID: <20020627173257.K37725-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20020627103338.C21360-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com>
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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > I started looking into caching proxies that would help automate this > process somewhat, but I haven't had much luck. I tried jftpgw (FTP only) > but could never get it to work right. Tried Apache's proxy which says it > will do both, but it seemed to only cache HTTP and it's not really > designed for "long term caching" so to speak. > > Anyone have any suggestions? Seems like this would be a common thing to > reduce bandwidth... The most used caching proxy is squid. it does FTP and HTTP. It is in the ports. But... For your particular problem, I'd export /usr/ports via NFS and mount it on every host in your network. That way you download *and* compile only once. Fer > > Thanks! > > -philip > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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