Re: [squid-users] Akamai-like CDN using squid and a DNS trick

Hi Vicente,

Vicente Aguilar wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've written a brief success story about how we used squid and a DNS
> trick to solve a networking problem between ISPs that was affecting our
> webs' performance and public image.
>
> Long story short: all the users of a particular ISP had problems
> accessing our pages because of a routing problem between that ISP and
> ours. We ended up installing a squid reverse-proxy on that ISP's
> datacenter, and redirecting all its users there by returning a different
> DNS response depending on the client's IP address. This method could be
> extended to use as many ISPs/proxies as needed, creating a homegrown,
> Akamai-like CDN.
>

Your solution seems to be simple yet very effective and elegant. I will
definitely try to replicate it if a similar occasion like yours arises
in the future.

> The article is available here:
>
> http://www.bisente.com/blog/2007/08/09/un-akamai-de-andar-por-casa/?lan=english
>
>
> Hope someone finds it useful. :)
>

I found it useful and it should really be useful for satellite links too
in addition to bad routing problems.

Thanking you....

> Regards
>

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With best regards and good wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Tek Bahadur Limbu
(TAG/TDG Group)
Jwl Systems Department
Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Jawalakhel, Nepal
http://www.wlink.com.np