On 26/04/2011 14:07, sichent wrote:
Well, thanks for the pointer, But as far as I can see there, it's a
installer, how did you generate the binary?
Well we got the binaries from Acme Consulting (link from squid web site)
they seem to have quite thorough instructions on how to built the
sources....
I'm surprised no one has been taking on squid on windows seriously (or
I didn't find it), but by far, most proxy software I tried on windows
have different problem, while squid is the best atm I think.
the idea with windows (at least it works for me) is to have a small vm
with linux + squid instance running
(256Mb+) on windows that serves all possible needs :) ... so i can
live without windows port of squid quite happily.
If you are interested here is howto that I use to set up the squid in
vm box
http://sichent.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/tiny-web-proxy-and-content-filtering-appliance-version-1-2/
best regards
sich
Well sichent it's very nice and many SYSADMIN can do that almost without
the need of this guide.
the main problem with a proxy server is the RealTime of it and a VM as
proxy can work in almost RT response time and in many case will be enough.
but it's not a solution for a RT server on an ISP class or ENTERPRISE CLASS.
yes you can manage to have a VM and a SAN or NAS that can give you
really good performence that can be compared to a RT proxy machine.
many users already have a running windows machine and installing VM on
them will mean risking the machine functions response time and other
complicating some system issues.
and also i must say that if a linux program can make it to the windows
world it means a lot for the programmers.
i probably won't use the windows Binaries but it's because i'm well
aware of my linux system environment and capabilities.
Regards
Eliezer
