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Re: squid - why?



On Sun, 04 Jul 1999 08:18:25 -0500 (CDT), you wrote:
>I chose to install Debian as web server which, after I brought the box up,
>includes the proxy squid (and of course Apache). What I would like to know is
>why I need squid running on this box which will be a normal web server with a
>couple of million hits a months? Will normal users vivting our site benfit from
>this, or can I remove squid?

If you don't want to use the box as web proxy, you can safely remove
squid.

IMHO, this profile stuff is for the novice. I usually skip dselect
altogether and use apt-get to install _exactly_ what I need.

Greetings
Marc

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