Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:17:16 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Ertan Kucukoglu <ert@hotpop.com> Cc: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, FreeBSD <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Proxy Server Recommendations ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909281015000.33998-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <00d801bf09a1$abbf7860$14000080@com>
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ertan Kucukoglu wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote: > > > > > > > > Looking at reducing bandwidth usage at our local University, and have > > > proposed setting up a proxy server so that there isn't *as much* traffic > > > going out related to the WWW ... > > > > > > Anyone have any recommendations on one that is good? I'm going to be > > > running the test on a FreeBSD box, and trying to push it as an end > > > solution, so something in ports is great... > > > > Squid -- ports/www/squid22. I have been using it for a couple of > > years, ranging from a 486SX-25 with 16MB RAM and a 50MB cache, to a > > PIII-500 with 256MB RAM and a 19GB cache (it doesn't need much CPU, > > really, but RAM requirements go up with the number of objects being > > cached). If my figures are right, it cuts down on our HTTP and FTP > > traffic by about 30%. Depending on your traffic patterns, the results > > could be either better or worse. > > > > > > -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net > > FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. > > For Intel x86 and Alpha architectures (SPARC under development). > > ( http://www.freebsd.org ) > > > > "One should admire Windows users. It takes a great deal of > > courage to trust Windows with your data." > > > > Hello, > > As an information you can get the latest version from > http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/ > and comple and use it as well. compiled it out of ports, installed it, and started it up...starts fine, but wen I try to use, I get: =========== Access Denied. Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is incorrect. ============ Just want a plain-jane cache here, but am not sure where it is that I've mis-configured...right now, squid and my browser are running on the same machine, and using 'client http://www.netscape.com/' worked... Still looking through the conf, but if someone can point me at what I'm missing, that would be much appreciated... Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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