Re: [squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread Amos Jeffries
On 24/11/2016 11:06 a.m., reinerotto wrote: > In the past, I used ziproxy together with squid for slow or expensive > (mobile) point-to-point links. > ziproxy compresses (gzip) data from the web, and sends it via squid over the > slow/expensive link, usually also having a squid at the other end, se

Re: [squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread reinerotto
In the past, I used ziproxy together with squid for slow or expensive (mobile) point-to-point links. ziproxy compresses (gzip) data from the web, and sends it via squid over the slow/expensive link, usually also having a squid at the other end, serving the clients. Very convenient, as practically

Re: [squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread Amos Jeffries
On 24/11/2016 2:50 a.m., Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Amos Jeffries wrote: >> So I have finally got around to implementing the proxy compression >> feature in HTTP. >> >> The code and more info is available at: >> >> >> This Squid built with zlib can

Re: [squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Ralf Hildebrandt : > I don't understand this feature. Why is the compressed data not simply > passed on to the client? > > > The primary use-case is for Squid installations where two proxies are > > used to reduce bandwidth over a slow or expensive link (ie satellite). > > So the proxies are c

Re: [squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Amos Jeffries : > So I have finally got around to implementing the proxy compression > feature in HTTP. > > The code and more info is available at: > > > This Squid built with zlib can right now receive and decompress on the > fly traffic from a

[squid-users] compression in Squid

2016-11-23 Thread Amos Jeffries
So I have finally got around to implementing the proxy compression feature in HTTP. The code and more info is available at: This Squid built with zlib can right now receive and decompress on the fly traffic from a server which uses Transfer-Encodin