Re: [squid-users] Important: Intercept Cache with images only pre-fetch/pre-push

From: Joe Cooper <joe@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 16:30:24 -0500

test test wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am a student working on a paper for proxy caching. I am a newcomer
> to Squid.
>
> I was wondering if Squid has the following capability.
>
> 1. Web client issues the first GET request
> 2. The request reaches the server through the proxy cache.
> 3. The first response from the web server is parsed by the cache s/w.

No.

> 4. Instead of waiting for subsequent GET requests from the client,
> it proactively fetches objects in that page alone.
> (primarily static content like gifs)

No. Kotetu does this, though.

> 5. Pushes these static objects to the web client's own cache.

This isn't possible without custom client software. There is no 'PUSH'
method in the HTTP protocols that client browsers support.

-- 
Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
Web caching appliances and support.
http://www.swelltech.com
Received on Thu Jul 25 2002 - 15:32:46 MDT

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