[Lust] Commercial squid cache

[Robin Smith]

Thanks, I have already tested this setup and it works - now I need to
find a cheap hosting!

Regards

Robin


On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 21:50 +0100, Anthony Perkins wrote:
> On 20/Apr/2005 08:36 Robin Smith wrote ..
> > My home debian PC is always on and has a static IP address via ADSL -
> > does anyone know of a squid cache server that I can point my domain at
> > to redirect to my IP address? This configuration would give a fast
> > looking website that had the content controlled locally.
> 
> 
> Robin,
> I believe what you are looking for is known as a Reverse Proxy, where the proxy server takes the data from your machine and holds it in RAM, speeding up transfers to machines that need it.  I do not know if there is a dedicated service for this but if you are willing, Squid can be set up on your own machine using this method.  The following page may help (I only skimmed it), otherwise try searching Google for 'Squid Reverse Proxy'
> 
> http://squid.visolve.com/squid/reverseproxy.htm
> 
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=squid+reverse+proxy
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
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> Anthony Perkins
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