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Re: [cobalt-developers] Web Cache Server
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] Web Cache Server
- From: Michael Stauber <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Jun 19 05:35:02 2003
- Organization: SOLARSPEED.NET
- List-id: Discussion Forum for developers on Sun Cobalt Networks products <cobalt-developers.list.cobalt.com>
> What is a Web Cache Server? More specifically what can I do with a web
> cache server that I can't do with Squid or another caching proxy server?
Essentially it is a box with squid on it. ;o)
That proxy - sometimes called 'forwarding proxy' sits in front of your network
and caches requests to often called web pages and takes load off the actual
webservers.
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With best regards,
Michael Stauber