See http://www.squid-cache.org/ Squid is already available as package for pfSense. See the package section in the webgui.
Holger > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan L. Rodrigue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 11:49 PM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Package Request - Cache Server ??? > > > Alright. That was just how the guy explained it to me. It may not > fetch anything automatically. I thought most of those web > accelerators > just droped the graphics. I don't know, i really never > caught on to the > Accelerator phase cause i already had a broadband connection when it > came out and really didn't care. I know at the office we > work at 80% of > our employees go to the same website over and over every day. It has > alot of graphics they see over and over, so a cache server > would help to > relieve some of our internet connection. Can anyone give me some more > info on squid. I have never heard of this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig FALCONER [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 4:11 PM > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Package Request - Cache Server ??? > > > And I have to wonder if "proactive" caching saves anything other than > time. > > I remember those "download accelerators" that would pre-download every > link > on the current web page, but those were really only useful in a > time-charged > situation. > > The main difference between squid and Ryan's description is "updates > every > hour" I know of no current web cache that fetches/updates > content just > in > case its needed. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Ullrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 29 June 2006 8:56 a.m. > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Package Request - Cache Server ??? > > > On 6/28/06, Ryan L. Rodrigue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know if this is possibe, but I was in a guy's office and he > > had a Computer rack mounted that he said was a cache server. I had > > never heard of such a thing, but he said it monitors what pages are > > frequently visited, download them, periodically checks for updates, > > and serves the cached pages to people on his network that > request it. > > > Example: Everyone's homepage in the office is http://www.google.com. > It caches Google.com (Specially pics and stuff. Anytime a person opens > there browser, it serves them the cached page and uses 0 internet > bandwidth. and it checkes every hour for any changes. Squid? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
