Re: proxy a web feed

I have tried to implement transparent proxying with caching and I got the IP
Filter package, but I cannot compile it because my system runs Digital UNIX.
Does anyone know of a way to compile it on such a system or of any other
package that would do the job?

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Roger Mangraviti wrote:
> >
> > The accelerator mode is not what we are after.
>
> I think it is. It fits your problem description below 100%.
>
> > We would like to cache all web traffic that passes through our network.
> > Without setting the clients to use the proxy. ie we would like to cache
> > the return reply of the requested data.
>
> This is acheived by using transparent proxying with caching. It will
> cache the return reply, without requiring any client side configuration
> to use the proxy.
>
> If your goal is only caching and not providing this cached data to the
> same set users, then it is theoretically possible to piggy-back on the
> TCP streams to cache the information, but not if you also want clients
> to get data from the cache if available. I do not know of any software
> which implements anything like this, and frankly does not see the use of
> it either. Transparent proxying with caching seems like a much more
> viable option.
>
> Note that it is theoretically possible to implement proxying transparent
> both to end users and origin servers. It is not an strict requirement
> that a proxy hides the end-users IP address or anything such. It is
> merely an implementation and/or networking imposed requirement which can
> be lifted in some situations.
>
> ---
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Spare time Squid hacker
Received on Tue Mar 23 1999 - 01:00:14 MST