>From: >"Amos Jeffries" <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: >squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >On 15/04/11 09:40, Tom Sparks wrote: >> I have a computer that has not network or internet connection >> >> Can I use squid in a sneakernet/Delay-tolerant network? >Squid is usually limited by Human delay tolerance. Which is somewhere >between 5 seconds and 15 minutes. The particular network actions all have >related *_timeout settings which an be extended by very large amounts. >The military guys were asking for this last year to avoid loading >satellite links with entertainment media for the troops. A sneaker net >passing pre-filled cache_dir of files around which plug-n-play into a >proxy. >Can be done, but with a few limitations: >* requires proxies on all installs can handle the cache_dir format and >not confuse each other. >* requires that the content has longer storage max-age times than the >sneaker net takes to transfer the drives. (true of any link really, but >very noticeable here). >* requires a proxy reconfigure as part of each plug-n-play action. >Revalidation via the real network as a "background" channel may or may >not be possible depending on your circumstances to enhance the sneakernet >reliability. >Using it for a single computer on a home LAN or such is not really worth >the trouble. A huge amount of web content is dynamic and simply >inaccessible without some form of live connection. I am mostly looking at software/file repositories but now I am starting to question my thinking when I can drag it to an ethernet cable >Amos >-- Please be using > Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.12 > Beta testers wanted for 3.2.0.6
