Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-27 Thread Walter Reed
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 08:09:30AM -0500, dman wrote: > It's just a perl script that also includes lots of URL patterns for ad > banners. In squid.conf, specify it as a redirector_program. ... and much more. Not only does the author maintain a very complete list of patterns, you can also spec you

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-27 Thread dman
On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 01:40:06AM -0400, David Jackson wrote: | > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:02:49AM -0700, Walter Reed wrote: | > | >> Another reason to run squid: adzap. It's amazing how much it speeds up | >> browsing on my IDSL line... | > | > What's the Debian name for adzap? | | My quess

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-27 Thread David Jackson
> On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:02:49AM -0700, Walter Reed wrote: > >> Another reason to run squid: adzap. It's amazing how much it speeds up >> browsing on my IDSL line... > > What's the Debian name for adzap? > > -- > Baloo My quess is adzap is part of the squid package David -- -- To UN

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-27 Thread Walter Reed
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 10:31:41PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:02:49AM -0700, Walter Reed wrote: > > > Another reason to run squid: adzap. It's amazing how much it speeds up > > browsing > > on my IDSL line... > > What's the Debian name for adzap? http://www.google.c

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-27 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:02:49AM -0700, Walter Reed wrote: > Another reason to run squid: adzap. It's amazing how much it speeds up > browsing > on my IDSL line... What's the Debian name for adzap? -- Baloo pgpa5nWXw8xjk.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Walter Reed
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 09:24:46PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > Curiosity to see if its worth keeping squid duing a transparent proxy > now that our broadband came up (we were stuffed on dialup for four days > when the person in charge of getting everybody's share of rent and bill > money forgot th

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sunday 26 May 2002 12:58, Paul Johnson wrote: > Will I get enough winnage over the cable modem to make it worth while > now that the broadband's back? Depends on the servers you want to access. I "only" have ADSL with maximum 90KB/s download, and yet the average speed seeme to be somewhere b

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 11:44:51AM +0100, Peter Whysall wrote: > My instinct is that it probably is worth it because your web browser will > initially ask the proxy, which is presumably either local, or attached via > LAN, rather than the remote server, which is over 56K. Will I get enough winnag

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-26 Thread Peter Whysall
On Sun, 2002-05-26 at 05:24, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 03:03:26PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'd activate cache, flush it then run an automated pull of a slew of > > sites tried against both a proxied and unproxied session. You can get a > > list of sites (if you want

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-25 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 03:03:26PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > I'd activate cache, flush it then run an automated pull of a slew of > sites tried against both a proxied and unproxied session. You can get a > list of sites (if you want to mirror your own behavior) from the squid > cache logs t

Re: Comparing squid cache versus nothing

2002-05-25 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, May 22, 2002, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Is there a good way to benchmark performance on web surfing with squid > doing caching and without on a small household network? What are you hoping to compare? The cache s