Re: Browsing the cache

At 13:49 11/08/99 +1000, Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote:
>Duane,
>
>> > I have a proxy running on a linux, just to share the internet access
>with
>> > the localnet, this proxy is not connected all the 24h a day and I would
>> > like to know, how users can browse around the web pages in the cache
>> > without having to be on-line, the files usually are on cache, since most
>> > part of pages visited are always the same.
>>
>> There is a squid.conf option called 'offline_mode'. You can
>> turn it on when squid goes offline, then all cached requests
>> come back immediately without trying to validate any of them.
>
>How does squid validate when in online mode?
>
>> > I would also know how to browse around the cache, I watched the FAQ, and
>> > the archives and saw ppl asking for the same but I didn't see any
>reference
>> > to any program or method to do that.
>>
>> We think thats a bad idea in general because the cache may contain
>> senstive information. browsing the cache may violate some users
>> privacy.
>
>It also, if used properly, could save ISPs's like us lots of money.

Properly or not it's a tool and the only problem with tools is who and how
use it.

In my localnet won't be such privacy problems, anyway a cache browser won't
violate the privacy more than the logs do.

Anyway, is there any tool which does that, or will I have to program it?
>
>Regards,
>
>Marc-Adrian Napoli
>Connect Infobahn Australia
>+61 2 92811750
>
>
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apa, siau!
Received on Wed Aug 11 1999 - 01:19:39 MDT