“In this two-part technical tutorial we’ll explore the
deployment of a web proxy cache, sometimes referred to as a Web
cache or a proxy server, for a small to medium sized corporate
enterprise. A web proxy cache is surprisingly easy to implement and
maintain, and when built using open-source software it can be quite
economical as well.”
“Bandwidth on a corporate Internet connection is a valuable
and often critical business resource, and in most cases is also
fairly expensive…”
“Popular browsers help to reduce inefficiencies by locally
caching Web objects. This locally reduces demand and increases
performance, but browser caches aren’t shared across an enterprise.
The implementation of a web proxy cache can save additional
bandwidth.”