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Re: http cache for dialup?



On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:57:14PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I seem to remember reading somewhere that useing an http cache proxy
> would speed up browsing similar sites when using dialup.
> 
> I'm not sure which package would be best.
> 
> I want light weight and minimal/simple config.  I don't need the
> security configs of something like squid.  Just something so that when I
> view several wiki pages, or theweathernetwork.com pages, I don't spend
> so long downloading the same things over and over again.  
> 
> It would be nice if it cached page elements.  For example, if I want
> today's weather, its only the text that has changed since yesterday, not
> all the wizbang graphics unrelated to the forcast.
> 

As long as the graphics or other things are not embedded, I think any
proxy will do basically what you want.  Have you looked at squid or
polipo?

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez
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http://www.connexer.com

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