At 8:25 am +0200 26/9/98, Keith Moore wrote:
>> - Packet and request hijacking is A Really Evil Thing. So, one goal
>> is the design of protocol and mechanisms for getting clients to
>> discover this additional structure and use it. It can be as simple
>> as discovering an enterprise's egress proxy to discovering Keith's
>> "oracle".
I think the first statement needs more clarification. I think it is
reasonable to guess that most users, when clicking to download a piece of
software (for example) would not care if it came from a nearby cache. (In
fact, if it were a 15M update of Explorer or suchlike, they might be very
happy to discover a closer, faster option).
We have been sponsoring a project which is related closely to this on
mirror tracking and integration with Squid. Have a look at:
<URL:http://wwwcache.ja.net/dev/doh/>
Rgds,
John
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