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

On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 15:32, Arindam Haldar wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i want to ask if this is true...
> using a transparent proxy (port redirection) is _NOT_GOOD_ as browser or
> client configuration to use squid port ?

This is true.

> 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.

Rob