Re: Transparent caching

#define quoting(Paul "Rusty" Russell)
// In message <v02110109aeddeaee4e69@[193.78.237.7]> you write:
// > Does anyone know transparent-cache implementations in software, or is
// > anyone working on something like that? (Other than the Interceptor).
// > 75% of our network-traffic goes to personal users who dialin with PPP, of
// > which probably 90% is either ftp or http. Setting up a transparent cache
// > can save us thousands of dollars every month (at $0.30 USD for every
// > megabyte).
//
// It would be more normal to block http at the router, except when it
// comes from your dedicated cache machine. This forces everyone to use
// your cache, anyway. I don't know that caching ftp will pay off; you
// might as want to let that be. You can get stats on the return you
// might expect from places listed on `http://www.nlanr.net/Cache/'.

This assumes that the client program can do proxy, which is not always
true...

//
// Paul.
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                                        Jonny

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