Re: [squid-users] How does squid actually work?

Richard Sumilang wrote:

> My idea of how squid works is when you visit a website for the first
> time (google.com) it will download all the images and html code into
> cache and when you go back to the site in the future it will check if
> it has been modified and if since last time you loaded it and if so
> then load then refresh the cache when the newer copy else load the
> version in the cache. Is this correct? Perhaps there is some
> documentation I don't see with how it works?
>
> Thanks
> - Richard S.
>
>
I guess this is how all caching proxies work. I did a presentation today
on this topic to get my exam and the examiners asked me exact this
question. I answered the same way you wrote and they said it was right.
Looking into "Web Caching" by Duane Wessels (O'Reilly) shows roughly the
same definition.

HTH

Greetings
Peter Lustig
Received on Mon Jul 07 2003 - 12:45:59 MDT