Very simple apache question

[Sean]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2001 Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com wrote:

> On a side note, I'd like to take this opportunity to insert a shameless
> plug for the Squid proxy-cache.  If you're running Mandrake, you've got the
> RPMs on CD at least, if it's not already installed.  Squid is faster and
> more flexible than Apache w/ mod_proxy.  If you're dedicating a system to
> managing web traffic, you may find that Squid offers you a lot of features
> you'd like to have in a proxy system.  It scales well, too.  If you want a
> simple pass-through cache with some basic ACLs to restrict use to your
> company, you're pretty much set out-of-the-box.  But if you'd like to
> integrate it into an existing LDAP tree or Windows domain, restrict URLs,
> services, and bandwidth by group, source, destination, or time/date, then
> you can do that too.

I will second this. I know a number of people that swear by it. (not
including Paul, I am not sure he swears!)

There is also a web-based administration tool and a couple of different
usage static/reporter programs for it.

Sean