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Implementing Reverse Proxy in Squid - A White Paper

Overview This paper describes reverse proxies, and how they are used to improve Web server performance. The paper gives an introduction to reverse proxies, describing what they are and what they are used for. It compares reverse proxy caches with standard and transparent proxy caches, explaining the different functionality each provides. The paper illustrates how the reverse proxy actually caches the content and delivers it to the client. It also describes how to configure Squid as a reverse proxy cache.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	BMC Software	File Format	PDF
Date Published	February 2002	Downloads	1100
Format	White Papers
Topics	Servers, Proxy Servers

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