[plug] naive question: what is squid?

[Peter Robinson]

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Tamara Thompson wrote:

> Oh, thank you, yes that helps.  Where can I get it, or if I stumble into it on my new RH 5.2, can I just run it?  I know, read the man pages.  <smile>
> Thanks again!
 
Redhat 5.2 will come with it, actually RedHat 5.2 will probaly come with 2
versions. if you do an 'rpm -q squid' it will tell you if you have it
installed, also do an 'rpm -q squid-novm' -> if this exists then erase it
using 'rpm -e squid-novm' The later version doesn't use virtual memory and
is a pain in the butt.

Peter

> >>> Peter Robinson <ribbo at iinet.net.au> 03/03 9:21 AM >>>
> On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Tamara Thompson wrote:
> 
> > I haven't seen it defined on any of the Linux pages ...so far.
> > 
> > I'll trade you a funny for an answer in english:
> 
> Its a proxy cache. In even more english, its a deamon that runs on an
> internet server that intercepts all web page requests fron a user and if
> the page isn't contained locally (in the cache) it then goes and retrieves
> it for the user. In general its used to speed up internet connections
> while cutting down on usage, it also helps with security, because from the
> outside of the network it looks as though the proxy server (squid)
> requested the page rather than the person who actually did.
> 
> Does that help??
> Peter
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