Squid is a versatile HTTP proxy and can be used for a number of different tasks. In this talk we will to cover the three main uses and how it's deployed. Internet web cache for improving web quality, Internet Web gateway/access control to control corporate web usage, and webserver accelerator to offload overloaded/tired web serervers. We will also talk briefly about the future of Squid project.
Target Audience:
- Network administrators responsible for Internet/web access
- content providers needing to offload their servers, locally for better server performance, or geographically to get a better network precense.
Speaker: Henrik Nordström