Re: web server hub? (Newbie question)

sorry miss read your first q... i thort you meant intranet not internet..
although the squid accelerator function may deal with what you want, dont
know... someone on the list might

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

> Sounds good. Hence, it is possible to provide web hosting facilities to a
> private network using Squid, right?
>
> What I have in mind is this-> request from the internet comes in -> the
> public dns will map the public name to a public IP -> a virtual server takes
> the request and do NAT to a proxy server -> the proxy server forwards the
> request to the appropriate web server based on an internal dns.
>
> If this architecture works, does this mean that it is possible to host
> multiple server (carrying private IPs) using only a single public IP
> address?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Lowe" <alowe@pccentre.com.au>
> To: "Wong Shin Neng" <wsn@sebasasia.com>
> Cc: <squid-users@ircache.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 1:08 PM
> Subject: 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...
> >
> >
> > Andrew Lowe
> > andrew@pccentre.com.au
> > The South Coast Professional Computing Centre
> > + Hislora Website Hosting & Design
> > + Daly & Daly Computer Training
> > + Flatearth Internet Cafe
> > Ph: 02 4423 7771
> > Fax: 02 4423 7772
> > email: sales@pccentre.com.au
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2000, Wong Shin Neng wrote:
> >
> > > Hello out there,
> > >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
Received on Tue Jul 18 2000 - 00:13:46 MDT