Hi, I am evaluating squid for use as a reverse proxy. I have spent a few hours reading documentation and I think I am ready to ask some questions:
1. I read that squid will normally cache based on the relevant http cache headers. Is it possible to force a cgi script to be cached if it doesn't have these headers? i.e. if uri matches regex cache it no matter what. 2. We are doing basic authentication with the apache module mod_auth_pgsql. This authentication against postgresql is resulting in a lot of database activity. I read somewhere that squid will cache authentication credentials. Does this work in reverse proxy mode? 3. In a very old post (http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/199904/0174.html) I read: "Squid is mainly a HTTP proxy server. The accelerator mode is a bonus, but I would not say that Squid is a very good or even fast HTTP server accelerator. " Has this changed since 1999? If not what are the other more robust reverse proxy servers out there? Thanks in advanced for any feedback! culley
