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Re: Proxy support in apache



Amos Shapira <amos@gezernet.co.il> writes:

> I wanted Apache 1.2 for that reason too (in addition to others,
> of course), but under Debian.  A very good advice I got was to
> simply install squid.  It is supposed to be better than apache
> when proxy in concerned.  Was a snap to install (now still
> in experimental stages, until we get our dedicated proxy
> server up and running) and can cooperate with other squid servers
> in your network neightborhood to share the cache.
> 

I am running SQUID. However, I didn't know that Apache proxy support
was worse than the one by squid. I don't need all those cache sharing
bells-n-whistles. I just thought it'd be better to have one hungry
process (apache) instead of two.

After all, it's easier to maintain one utility instead of two :)

-- 
-Alexander

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Alexander L. Belikoff			abel@bfr.co.il
Berger Financial Research Ltd.
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