Re: web server hub? (Newbie question)

yes, this is what squid does... based on dns,
the user asks squid for the page, and squid gets it, stores a copy (if
appropriate) and gives a copy to the user...

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On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Wong Shin Neng wrote:

> Hello out there,
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> Just out of curiousity, is it possible for Squid or any proxy-cache server to act as a web server hub/gateway for every internet user surfing into an intranet with several real servers?
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> What I mean to say is that internet/intranet users will only need to make HTTP request to the proxy server and the proxy server (acting as an agent) forward the request to the appropriate web server.
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Received on Mon Jul 17 2000 - 22:28:48 MDT