> I'm using polipo with ziproxy over a WAN, with polipo closest to the
> broser, chined to ziproxy on the local network, which is then chained
> over an ssh tunnel to another ziproxy at the remote
> (internet-connected) end.
Why the local ziproxy instance?
> Is there a recommended way to set this up?
I'd put:
remote: polipo upstream of ziproxy;
local: polipo.
> I'm thinking perhaps using {ziproxy -> polipo (with no disk cache) ->
> internet} on the remote end, which would allow polipo to aggregate
> individual connections from ziproxy before going out to the internet.
Yep.
> What about over the WAN? Is there much benefit to pipelining requests
> into individual tcp cpnnections, considering that everything is being
> tunneled over a single 'real life' ssh tcp connection?
Yes, there certainly is, especially if the ssh link has high latency
(are you using a cellular link?).
> Are there any plans to add 'content plugin' type functionality to polipo?
It'd be very difficult. Polipo has data structures that are carefully
optimised to provide good support for range requests -- there's no
notion of "in-order" downloading, which is needed for filtering of
content.
It'd be probably easier to add the most important of Polipo's features
to ziproxy (persistent connections should be easy, pipelining more
difficult).
Juliusz
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