Re: ADVICE NEEDED: Netscape Proxy Server with Squid Server as a parent

Apparently Netscape Proxy (current version) supports some version or
other of ICP. I've got two child-caches using it.

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Chris Keladis wrote:
>
> Hi Dusan,
>
> As far as i know no NT applications (barring Squid for NT currently under
> development i think :-) ) support ICP.
>
> ICP is the protocol used to "talk" to other cache's. I know MS Proxy Server
> 2.0 uses another protocol which abbreviation escapes my mind at the moment..
> I assume Netscape Proxy server would be compatible with MS Proxy 2.0's
> protocol rather than Squid's. (Is it MCP ?)
>
> Your best bet would probably be to find out what is going on the with
> development of Squid for WinNT (i've seen a few emails saying it's been
> ported but havent really looked at it's availability), and install some
> Squids for NT and use ICP between them.
>
> With the addition of Squid for NT, i think Squid is vastly becoming one of
> the most configurable, flexible & economical, proxy servers out there, keep
> up the great work guys/gals! :-)
>
> Regards, Chris.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dbaljevi@csc.com [mailto:dbaljevi@csc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 1998 8:03 AM
> To: squid-users@nlanr.net
> Subject: ADVICE NEEDED: Netscape Proxy Server with Squid Server as a
> parent
>
> Hello,
>
> I have been a dedicated Unix sys admin for almost 13 years now. Squid Proxy
> server
> has been one of my favourite "tools" of the trade. I have been using it at
> various sites
> (ISPs, schools, large commercial sites, defense sites...). So far, so good!
>
> In order to prevent unnecessary load on Internet (with this message), I
> have extensively
> searched various databases for a solution. Since I have not found it, I am
> politely asking
> members of this mailing list for an advice.
>
> This is the scenario: upstream ISP uses Squid Proxy Server. For some
> reasons (difficult for
> me to explain), the company plans to use Netscape Proxy Server on its side.
> Now, I am
> not sure how Netscape Proxy Server under Windows/NT works (and could not
> find much
> useful information on the Net; plus, telephone call and an email message to
> Netscape
> Australia has still not been answered!?), so the question is simple:
>
> Can a Netscape Proxy Server (or for the sake of brevity, any other
> non-Unix
> proxy server) be used with Squid Proxy Server as a parent? In other
> words, if
> someone has a Netscape Proxy Server and wants to "delegate" requests to
> a Squid parent server - would it work? Has anyone done it? Is there a
> compatibility
> issue?
>
> I admit that my knowledge of Windows/NT environment is quite poor (and
> luckily, I do not
> need to support it).
>
> Quite frankly, I would prefer to continue to use Squid Proxy server at all
> sites I support, but alas,
> it is not always my decision what to do :)
>
> Thank you for your time to read this message and (maybe) respond to it.
>
> Regards from "down-under" (far away Australia),
>
> Dusan U. Baljevic, Senior Consultant/Unix Systems Manager
> CSC Australia, dbaljevi@csc.com
> Member of: ACM, ACS, WIA
> Cisco ICRC ACRC
> Amateur Radio: VK2COT, VK4FCW, YU6FO, YU6ZCW

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