[Server-devel] Web Caching for Areas with Intermittent

[John Watlington]

Last time I looked into this, apache's proxy was solely a reverse proxy,
and useless for our purposes.   That is no longer true, but the associated
mod_cache module still appears to be experimental.
In any case, squid currently provides the forward proxy/caching service
on the XS.

The issue is that most proxies cease functioning if they aren't
connected to the internet.   They only cache "cacheable" pages, etc.

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wad

On Apr 9, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Tim Moody wrote:

> What are the main advantages of wwwoffle over apache's built in proxy and 
> cache modules?
> 
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 23:46:52 -0400
>> From: Andra DuPont <andradupont at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [Server-devel] Web Caching for Areas with Intermittent
>> Internet - WWWOFFLE installation Guide on 0.6 XS Server
>> To: XS Devel <server-devel at lists.laptop.org>
>> Message-ID: <8959CBCB-D54B-4FB6-996A-E4A403DC9AB1 at gmail.com>
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>> Squid apparently is not well suited to serve up cached pages when no 
>> internet access is
>> available. It was recommended that I use WWWOFFLE for this situation. Here 
>> is the
>> process I used to get it installed and running on my 0.6 XS server:
> 
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