The Squid caching proxy

Table of Contents

What is Squid?

Other proxies

What is a proxy?

What is a caching proxy?

How proxies work (configuration)

How proxies work (user request)

Squid’s page fetch algorithm

Squid’s page fetch algorithm

Cacheable objects

Non-cacheable objects

Implications for content providers

Implications for content providers (continued)

Implications for content providers (continued)

Transparent proxying

Transparent proxying

Transparent proxying

Squid hardware requirements

File system recommendations

Installing Squid (overview)

Squid distributions (versions)

Squid distributions (versions)

Squid compile-time configuration

Squid compile-time configuration

squid.conf runtime settings

squid.conf runtime settings

squid.conf runtime settings

squid.conf ACL example

squid.conf ACL example

squid.conf ACL example

Creating a proxy auto-configuration file

Sample proxy auto-configuration

Managing Squid

Advanced topics briefly covered

Squid resources

Email: caw@cawtech.com

Other information:
presentation to UniForum Chicago on March 23, 1999 

Abstract:  http://www.uniforum.chi.il.us/squid.html

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