From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 2 23:31:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA22335 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:31:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cody.usls.edu (cody.usls.edu [202.47.133.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA22324 for ; Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:31:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (francis@localhost) by cody.usls.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA00764; Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:29:50 +0800 (PHT) Date: Wed, 3 Sep 1997 14:29:49 +0800 (PHT) From: Francis Vidal To: Prashant Dongre cc: Stephen Guthartz , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: best proxy server port In-Reply-To: <340D8BA3.849D73FD@opentech.stpn.soft.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Prashant Dongre wrote: > > I have recently set up my first freebsd (2.1.7.1) machine for my small ISP > > service in Brazil. Besides running the machine as a secondary DNS, I would > > like to set it up as a caching proxy server to try and help relieve > > bandwidth bottlenecks. I've heard about three packages, harvest, the > > apache add-in module, and something from CERN. What do you suggest. If > > possible, could you send installation instructions beyoind the MAKE file? have you heard about Squid Internet Object Cache? it was derived from the Harvest project -- http://squid.nlanr.net. i've been using squid as my proxy server since last year. we also got the entire franchise holders of our ISP to switch to Squid from CERN. --- FRANCIS VIDAL, System Administrator, USLSnet, University of St. La Salle La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, 6100 Philippines [tel] (+6334) 435-2324 [url] http://www.usls.edu | mailto:francis@cody.usls.edu | FreeBSD Acct.