Squid is a high performance Web proxy cache that can be arranged hierarchically for an improvement in response times and a reduction in bandwith usage.
Squid project runs on all popular Unix and Windows platforms.
Squid supports:
� proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URLs
� proxying for SSL
� cache hierarchies
� ICP, HTCP, CARP, Cache Digests
� transparent caching
� WCCP (Squid v2.3 and above)
� extensive access controls
� HTTP server acceleration
� SNMP
� caching of DNS lookups
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Here are some key features of "Squid":
· a full-featured Web proxy cache
· designed to run on Unix systems
· free, open-source software
· the result of many contributions by unpaid (and paid) volunteers
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· This version brings a long list of bug fixes and some further HTTP/1.1 improvements.
· Some small but cumulative memory leaks were found and fixed in Digest authentication and adaptation ACL processing.
· New limits are placed on memory consumption when uploading files and when using delay pools.
· Users of Squid-3 experiencing memory or large cache problems are urged to upgrade as soon as possible.
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