[plug] Forward http proxy cache

[Dean Bergin]

Hello Paul,

Sorry that my reply isn't actually directly related to you question or
request for a solution, but are the regional nbn links business grade?

The reason I ask is that some providers may offer symmetrical (TC2)
bandwidth along with the residential asymetrical grade and contended (TC4)
bandwidth, which if QoS is done right, you can prioritise and mark traffic
according to business need and put them on the appropriate traffic class
which can give pretty good performance and potentially better user
experience if turned correctly.

As for proxies, I think that squid is probably the way to go, but I've not
done anything proxy-related for a long while now and not on anything other
than squid.

Also, given that most traffic these days is typically https, I don't see
much benefit in a proxy as they cannot see inside an encrypted tunnel
without SSL inspection... Not something I recommend at all unless there is
a extremely compelling business case...







On Fri, 9 Apr 2021, 14:37 Paul Del, <p at delfante.it> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am looking for some advice  with regards to a fast simple http forward
> proxy cache in open source.
> Some background. Yes I have google'd to try and find benchmarks and
> installed a number of http and https forward proxies for testing on debian
> and ubuntu servers.
>
> The requirement is to make the internet faster when clients use http and
> https on small networks 20 people or less using NBN FTTN 50Mb or less in
> regional areas.
> Note I will install Pihole in conjunction with to cache DNS requests and
> block unwanted ads etc.
> Note The requirements to cache and improve response times for web browsing
> http https. The most they download is a small amount of email.
> I will be using a dedicated server so hardware and resources will not be
> an issue 4-8 cores 8-16GB ram 2-4 gige nics with SSD's
>
> I would like something fast. I am a fan of Tinyproxy and Squid but have
> also used Privoxy and Polipo.
>
> I leaning towards a solution with Tinyproxy and Privoxy with Pihole FTLDNS
>
> I would appreciate any comments, suggestions, advice of any kind.
>
> Thanking you Paul
>
>
>
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