Re: [squid-users] 2.7 vs 3.0

On Thursday 20 December 2007 12:13:03 pm Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 16:43 +0000, Tony Dodd wrote:
> > Jason wrote:
> > > I'm about to build a cache for a production environment. Which do
> > > I want, 2.7 or 3.0? If you have time for a detailed answer, what
> > > are the differences? BTW, this will be an intercepting/transparent
> > > proxy via iptables.
> > >
> > > Jason
> >
> > You want 2.6STABLE17 right now, and 2.7 when it is released. =] 3.0
> > isn't really ready for a production environment yet.
>
> The above summary is inaccurate, IMO. Currently, Squid3 is better for
> some production environments and Squid2 is better for some other
> production environments. If you need ICAP/eCAP, SSL Bump, IPv6, or
> other new features, try Squid3. If you do not need those features,
> there is no pressure and you can benefit from Squid2 proven stability
> and recent improvements that have not been ported to Squid3 yet.

Can you point me/us to a description of "SSL Bump" and what benefits it
bring to a web proxy?

Thanks.
Received on Thu Dec 20 2007 - 10:53:23 MST