Re: [squid-users] Basic questions - Forward proxy, reverse proxy, squid performance

From: Henrik Nordström <henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:33:53 +0200

ons 2010-10-13 klockan 08:36 -0700 skrev cachenewbie:
> Hi - In a transparent mode, is there any "protocol" and "functional"
> difference between squid running in forward mode and reverse mode ? i.e.
> other than talking to a dedicated backend, is reverse proxy doing the same
> thing as forward proxy w.r.t to HTTP "caching" proxy functionality

There is very little functional difference between the proxy modes.

transparent -> NAT integration. Accept origin server requests.

reverse -> Accept origin server requests. Require the use of a peer by
default.

normal -> Accept proxy requests.

> Also are there any good performance numbers with latest version of Squid
> 3.1.6?

None that I know of.

> I've read posts comparing nginx and Squid citing that former is
> better than latter - but I am curious if the differences still persist with
> the latest event driven model in 3.1.6 ? For forward transparent proxy mode,
> has someone evaluated the pros and cons of Squid/Nginx ?

Nginx is probably faster than Squid, but lacks in other ways.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Wed Oct 13 2010 - 17:33:57 MDT

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