Re: [squid-users] which is better..

On Monday 09 December 2002 10.32, Robert Collins wrote:
> > is it true coz the squid server is doing a little extra in port
> > redirection in &/or as transparent proxy therefore the
> > performance change is noticable for a busy squid server ??
>
> No.
>
> It's true because once the browser knows there is a proxy, it sends
> proxy control headers, including things like max-age and
> authentication which provide better http semantics to the user.

And also when you are not bending TCP/IP by transparent redirection
and intercepting of port 80 TCP/IP will also be allowed to operate
fully the way it is supposed to, avoiding a family of performance
related issues, sometimes only noticeable to a some users.

But first is certainly the most striking difference.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Dec 09 2002 - 03:24:40 MST