WPAD - New Network Caching Standard Proposed by Inkotomi & Microsoft (fwd)

Anyone seen this/already discussed it?
(I confess to not reading every squid post, but don't see anything
likely in the subject lines recently).

I was just looking for the supposed Internet Draft but only found the CARP
one draft-vinod-carp-v1-03.txt

I suppose that if it goes ahead as an open (IETF-published) protocol that
Squid can be tweaked to announce itself, whatever..

(for what it's worth, the @Home network uses DHCP to assign ip address and
domain then sets up "mail", "proxy" etc. on the local subdomain, then a
proxy.pac script at http://proxy )

Andrew Daviel
TRIUMF/Vancouver Webpages

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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 08:00:11 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: New Network Caching Standard Proposed by Inkotomi & Microsoft

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NEW NETWORK CACHING STANDARD PROPOSED BY INKTOMI, MICROSOFT,
REALNETWORKS AND SUN
Inktomi, Microsoft, RealNetworks, and Sun Microsystems announced
a new Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) that is designed to
automatically locate caches and services on the network. The
companies said WPAD builds upon DNS, DHCP, and SLP standards to
provide a clear method to connect client applications with the
appropriate servers. By moving data to the edges of the network,
a cache-based, distributed data architecture would save bandwidth
and insulate the network from traffic spikes caused by event-driven
surfing. WPAD is proposed as a software alternative to existing
cache transparency solutions that utilize routing or switching
equipment. Microsoft has already integrated WPAD into the beta
version of Internet Explorer 5. RealNetworks expects to support
the protocol in future versions of its G2 product line.
The companies plan to submit WPAD as an Internet Draft to the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
http://www.inktomi.com/new/press/wpad.html
Inktomi, December 16, 1998

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INKTOMI PUBLISHES CACHING PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
Inktomi published a performance benchmark report for its carrier-
class Traffic Server network cache. Inktomi now supports 1,059
operations per second on a single Sun Microsystems server with a
50% cache hit rate. A new software update also adds support for
Cisco Systems' Web Cache Control Protocol (WCCP) for direct
interoperability with Cisco IOS routers in the network. Inktomi's
major customers include America Online, BellSouth.net, @Home
Network, DIGEX, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, PSINet and
Telenor/Nextel. Performance figures are posted online.
http://www.inktomi.com/new/press/inkbench98.html
Inktomi, December 16, 1998

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AMCC OFFERS OC-48 SONET/SDH/ATM CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY DEVICE
Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) announced a SONET/SDH/ATM OC-48
2.5 Gbps Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) device capable of operating
without an external reference clock. The device is targeted for
use by designers of optical modules and DWDM applications.
http://www.amcc.com/
AMCC, December 14, 1998

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