Looks good.
Misha
> From fberzau@novell.com Thu Sep 9 19:50 EDT 1999
>
> Here's a suggestion for definitions of both forward cache
> and reverse cache:
>
> A FORWARD CACHE is a cache operating on behalf of a
> user agent. It is typically outside the control of any
> content provider. It is the responsibility of the client or
> network operators to deliver requests to the forward cache.
> Origin servers are typically oblivious to the existence of
> forward caches - a forward cache looks just like another client
> to them, with the exception of a special HTTP request header that
> some forward caches insert.
>
> A REVERSE CACHE is the cache operating on behalf of a
> origin server. It is typically controlled by a content provider.
> It is the responsibility of the content provider to deliver requests
> to the reverse cache. Clients are oblivious to the existence of
> reverse caches - a reverse cache looks just like the origin server
> to them, with the exception of a special HTTP response header
> that some reverse caches insert.
>
> Frank
>
>
> >>> Gary Tomlinson 08.09.99 0.54 >>>
>
> It looks like we are converging on a definition for reverse proxy. Lets try and wrap this up. Will one of you, either Misha or Frank submit a edited definition for the group to review?
>
> Gary
>
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