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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb AT nyckelpiga DOT de>,
   "cygwin-apps" <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [ANN] apache_1.3.22 package available for setup inclusion
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:25:01 +1100
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb AT nyckelpiga DOT de>


> Robert,
>
> 2002-01-09 13:04:30, du schriebst:
>
> >> (mainly because
> >> there is another proxyserver which works better for me like squid;)
>
> > I'm not sure what you mean here Gerrit - are you saying Squid is
better
> > for you than apache (in proxy mode), or something else?
>
> Though I think squid is a little faster, I prefer the Apache proxy
where
> I had never troubles in setting up like I had with squid.  You start
> Apache and the proxy works (after activating the relevant part in
> httpd.conf).
>
> I really don't know which is 'better' in general;)

I do :}. Squid is a dedicated proxy/web accelerator, and it does that
quite well :]. I'd be quite interested to know how much RAM apache
needed to run a 30-40Gb cache.

Also, from a security point of view, having your web server and proxy
different is a very good idea.

Apache's proxying is getting better, but still (IMO) not up to scratch.

> Also I run an instance of Apache the most time, so I don't need to
fire
> up another server process just to have a proxy.

Sure. I tend to run both, but to each their own.

Disclaimer: I'm a core squid developer.

Rob