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- Subject: SOFTWARE: Squid proxy caching server (monthly posting)
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- Date: 30 Jul 1997 00:26:15 GMT
- Organization: Squid -- it's not just for breakfast anymore
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- Summary: Information about the Squid caching proxy package
- Keywords: squid harvest proxy cache caching icp
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- Squid Proxy Cache Information (Monthly Posting)
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-
- * What is Squid?
-
- Squid is a high-performance caching proxy server for web clients. It
- supports FTP, gopher, and HTTP protocols.
-
- Squid servers can operate in a hierarchical fashion. A server can
- have any number of parents or siblings. Caches in a hierarchy use
- the ICP (Internet Cache Protocol) to query each other for discovery
- of cached objects.
-
- Squid is available in source form under the GNU Public License.
- It can be built on most modern Unix operating systems that have an
- ANSI C compiler.
-
- * Why is Squid a good thing?
-
- Caching proxy servers improve performance for end users' web
- browsers, and reduce bandwidth utilization.
-
- * Where can I get Squid?
-
- The current version of Squid is available at:
-
- <URL:http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/>
- <URL:ftp://squid.nlanr.net/pub/>
-
- Mirror sites can be discovered by looking at:
-
- <URL:http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/mirrors.html>
-
- * Where can I learn more about Squid?
-
- Release notes and FAQ documents are available at:
-
- <URL:http://squid.nlanr.net/Squid/>
-
- * Where can I learn more about caching proxy servers and hierarchies?
-
- Information on the NLANR caching hierarchy project, and related
- links, can be found at:
-
- <URL:http://www.nlanr.net/Cache/>
-
- Additional information on proxy caching in general can be found at:
-
- <URL:http://vancouver-webpages.com/CacheNow/>
-
- * What mailing lists exist for Squid?
-
- squid-users@nlanr.net: general discussions about the Squid cache
- software. Subscribe via squid-users-request@nlanr.net
-
- squid-users-digest: digested (daily) version of above. Subscribe
- via squid-users-request-digest@nlanr.net
-
- squid-announce@nlanr.net: A receive-only list for announcements of
- new versions. Subscribe via squid-announce-request@nlanr.net
-
- squid-bugs@nlanr.net : A closed list for sending us bug reports.
- Bug reports received here are given priority over those mentioned
- on squid-users.
-
- squid@nlanr.net: A closed list for sending us feed-back and ideas.
-
- * Who wrote/funded/maintains Squid?
-
- Duane Wessels of the National Laboratory for Applied Network Research
- (NLANR) leads code development, under a grant from the National
- Science Foundation (NSF). Squid is derived from the ARPA-funded
- Harvest project.
-