Jeff Binkley
ASA Network Computing
N>Another bonus with a Transparent Caching server is the fact that those
N>= Advertising firms (doubleclick.com) can NOT get much information
N>about = you. Or practically can't get anything from your clients.
N>That is also = a bit encouraging for ISPs who want to show a bit of
N>security to the = client.
N>-----Original Message-----
N>From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
N>[mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Chazakis Ioannis
N>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:31 AM
N>To: ntisp@iea-software.com
N>Subject: RE: [NTISP] Caching devices good? bad? Help
N>We have been using squid and set our cisco routers to do transparent =
N>caching
N>for some time now.. Works like a charm.
N>Cidera looks very good, infact we are expecting their technician to =
N>install
N>the dish and adapter. Apart from the large customer base, its also got
N>a 45Mbps downlink to each dish, so its pretty fast too.
N>-----Original Message-----
N>From: ntisp-request@iea-software.com
N>[mailto:ntisp-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of Peter Deacon
N>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 1:45 AM
N>To: ntisp@iea-software.com
N>Subject: Re: [NTISP] Caching devices good? bad? Help
N>On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, JM Foster wrote:
N>> We used a cache server from Cobalt Networks.
N>> Personally I don't think caching is a viable solution
N>> on the mid to small level ISP because the community is not large
N>> enough to have a decent cache. I spoke to Cidera.com, they use a =
N>global
N>> community of 8.5 million customers to create their cache.
N>> This is what we are going to move to.
N>There's something about caches that seem faster even if only one
N>person = is
N>using it and the data your requesting is not in the cache -- over
N>dialup anyway (but it might be my imagination:) I think it has
N>something to do with tcp chat latency being absorbed by the cache
N>buffering data = locally.
N>Have Fun!
N>Peter
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