On Apr 9, 2010, at 8:38 PM, John Watlington wrote: > Last time I looked into this, apache's proxy was solely a reverse proxy, > and useless for our purposes. That is no longer true, but the associated > mod_cache module still appears to be experimental. > In any case, squid currently provides the forward proxy/caching service > on the XS. I forgot the key issuen here: it is difficult to use apache as a transparent forward proxy...
> The issue is that most proxies cease functioning if they aren't > connected to the internet. They only cache "cacheable" pages, etc. > > Search back through the mailing list archives for Andra original > posts... > wad > > On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Tim Moody wrote: > >> What are the main advantages of wwwoffle over apache's built in proxy and >> cache modules? >> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 23:46:52 -0400 >>> From: Andra DuPont <andradup...@gmail.com> >>> Subject: [Server-devel] Web Caching for Areas with Intermittent >>> Internet - WWWOFFLE installation Guide on 0.6 XS Server >>> To: XS Devel <server-devel@lists.laptop.org> >>> Message-ID: <8959cbcb-d54b-4fb6-996a-e4a403dc9...@gmail.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> Squid apparently is not well suited to serve up cached pages when no >>> internet access is >>> available. It was recommended that I use WWWOFFLE for this situation. Here >>> is the >>> process I used to get it installed and running on my 0.6 XS server: >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Server-devel mailing list >> Server-devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel > > _______________________________________________ Server-devel mailing list Server-devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
