[Falkirk] March talk

[Craig Skinner]

Attached here & links;

http://www.squid-cache.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_%28software%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_accelerator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Server_layout_diagrams

On 04/03/2013 10:57, Callum Scott wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Tomorrow is the first Tuesday of March.
>
> This month we have a new speaker :)  Craig has been coming along to 
> meetings for a few months now and is going to give his first talk to 
> this group.
>
>
> "Squid: Optimising Web Delivery"
>
> Synopsis: "Squid is a (reverse) proxy server and web cache daemon. It 
> has a wide variety of uses, from speeding up a web server by caching 
> repeated requests; to caching web, DNS and other computer network 
> lookups for a group of people sharing network resources; to aiding 
> security by filtering traffic. Primarily used for HTTP and FTP. A 
> short introduction on the various operational modes, some personal 
> observations on performance & tips on increasing security by chrooting 
> & running as an unprivileged user."
>
> As always we meet upstairs in the Wheatsheaf in Baxters Wynd, Falkirk 
> from around 1930.
>
> Some people usually meet for meat in Wetherspoons in the town center 
> beforehand from around 1800.  Feel free to come join.
>
> See you all there.
> -- 
> Callum
>
>
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