Building a Squid Proxy Server
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Squid is a caching proxy server that can provide enhanced performance for your internal network users.. Squid will cache commonly accessed sites so that it can improve performance by 10-20% for Internet connections. Squid also provides security for the internal network by acting in behalf of the clients on your network.
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Squid acts both as a proxy, working in behalf of a user, and as a cache. When squid works as a proxy and a user makes a request for a web site, squid retrieves the web page and then provides it to the user. The user, in reality never reaches the Internet as the proxy server retrieves and caches all the sites the user makes requests for.
Here is what Squid can do:
1. Accelerate Internet Connections for Internal Network
2. Protect the Internal Network When Surfing the Internet
3. Create Detailed Information About User Activity on the Internet
4. Prevent Inappropriate Activity by Users on the Internet
5. Enforce Use by Authorized Users Only
6. Filter Sensitive Material
7. Accelerate Web Server Pages
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