Re: [squid-users] Market Overview

May be directory integration.. with a lot of control on users using the
proxy. I have tried out Border Manager/Netware5.0 years back (before
deciding in favour of squid). At that time we were looking for a proxy
server, with access control. BM was a more complete fire wall with
proxy/cache as one of its comonents. We did not need all those features
at that time. During the trial period BM performed nearly twice better
than Netscape proxy/winNT4.0 which we were using till then. But when we
tried squid/RedHat7 after BM, it was lightning fast!!

So we chose squid because it was a super performer with all access
controll features that we needed at no cost. The organisation that I
work for was willing to BUY a proxy and was not much interested much in
Linux/free softwares.... times have changed now!

If you are really looking for some specific feature with the proxy,
please check squid / BM docs. It will be a nice idea to try the proxy
out before you make your decision (and let the community know about your
results).

Regards

Sunil

>>> squid-users-return-45710-sunils=hpcl.co.in@squid-cache.org 07/15/04
12:21PM >>>
Does Novell's Border manager offer anything better than squid.

Or does any commercial solution offer anything that is "useful" which
suid
does not offer ?

On Wednesday 14 July 2004 12:32 pm, Babar Kazmi wrote:
> Dear Erkan
>
> Tough question, as I have never determined proxy servers share and my
usage
> .. I have been Squid ...
> Squid till I die ..
>
> Regards
>
> Babar Kazmi.
>
> >Hi all,
> >
> >I am actually looking for a market overview regarding Proxy Servers.
Does
> >something like www.netcraft.com exist for Proxy Servers as well?
> >
> >Or can someone let me know of a 'recent' statistic regarding Market
Size
>
> and
>
> >Vendors (Like Squid 80%, Total xyz, MS Proxy 10% Total xyz....)
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Erkan Boga
Received on Thu Jul 15 2004 - 03:20:25 MDT