Re: http cache for dialup?

[Douglas Allan Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca>]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 09:22:28PM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 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.
 
> > 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?

Thanks, Roberto

I'll try polipo.

Doug.