Re: Browsing the cache

Duane,

> > I have a proxy running on a linux, just to share the internet access
with
> > the localnet, this proxy is not connected all the 24h a day and I would
> > like to know, how users can browse around the web pages in the cache
> > without having to be on-line, the files usually are on cache, since most
> > part of pages visited are always the same.
>
> There is a squid.conf option called 'offline_mode'. You can
> turn it on when squid goes offline, then all cached requests
> come back immediately without trying to validate any of them.

How does squid validate when in online mode?

> > I would also know how to browse around the cache, I watched the FAQ, and
> > the archives and saw ppl asking for the same but I didn't see any
reference
> > to any program or method to do that.
>
> We think thats a bad idea in general because the cache may contain
> senstive information. browsing the cache may violate some users
> privacy.

It also, if used properly, could save ISPs's like us lots of money.

Regards,

Marc-Adrian Napoli
Connect Infobahn Australia
+61 2 92811750
Received on Tue Aug 10 1999 - 21:45:05 MDT