Re: [squid-users] 2.7 vs 3.0

On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 12:53 -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> 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?

Please see http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/SslBump

The code is available via the ssl-bump CVS branch. It will be committed
to Squid3 HEAD in January, for Squid v3.1 release.

Alex.
Received on Thu Dec 20 2007 - 11:31:55 MST