Re: [squid-users] Q: Can Squid act as a protocol forwarder as well as proxy?

MMM,

That is an interesting question. I KNOW Apache can leave its connection open
for INCOMING connections (KeepAlive) but am unsure about OUTGOING. Have you
tried setting up Apache in proxy mode and trying that?

Can't say I have any major experience with that config but worth a try.

Stuart

----- Original Message -----
From: "Yossie Silverman" <yossie@blacksteel.com>
To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 3:01 PM
Subject: [squid-users] Q: Can Squid act as a protocol forwarder as well as
proxy?

> My need:
>
> I have a Starband satellite two-way Internet connection
(www.starband.com).
>
> The plus is that it works out in the hills, where my cabin is, where
> phone and cable don't exist. The minus is that because of the round
> trip to the satellite (multiple times I suppose) the latency
> according to traceroute tends to be nearly a second. Not only, but
> since it transmits in bursts, the delays add up rather quickly.
>
> So, the Starband company (my ISP) does have an software agent
> (AS_AGENT) which accelerates both web and other access to the net to
> nearly DSL response (they claim 512K download, 128K upload!). The
> bummer is that it only exists for Windows - I run on a Macintosh
> (running Mac OS X - which is basically UNIX inside). The connection
> works, but it is slow.
>
> Starband recommends that if there is a need to use a Mac (or any
> other non-Windows) machine, that a Windows machine be set up as a
> "router/proxy" for the other machine(s). I suppose I could do that,
> but it would require running TWO machines on an, already, loaded
> power system (oh,did I mention, I am off the power grid too).
>
> My question is:
>
> Can Squid be configured to send out, on a continuously open
> connection (ideally), the URL being requested to ANOTHER Squid (on
> the other side) which then packages together ALL the bits and pieces
> that make up the page (to it's best ability) and sends them back as
> one large streaming packet which is used to satisfy the request.
>
> If Squid can't do this, is there another UNIX based product
> (preferably free :-) that can?!
>
> Thanks - Yossie
> --
> Yossie Silverman - ENTP "Leave the bearded one for me"
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>
Received on Tue Dec 25 2001 - 22:34:13 MST