[SoaS] Limited Internet Access for SOAS

[Raffael Reichelt]

2010/6/21 James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org>:
> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 08:15:18AM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> Not in the SoaS image. SoaS is designed to run on netbooks, squid is a
>> daemon that should run on a server, it also creates a massive
>> directory structure that will cause issues on liveUSB keys and not
>> really run at all on a live cd.
>
> This argument is invalid, because Squid can easily be configured to
> proxy only, without caching anything, and without requiring a massive
> directory structure.
>
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ConfiguringSquid#Can_I_make_Squid_proxy_only.2C_without_caching_anything.3F
>
> It does, however, cost about 5Mb of memory, which can easily become a
> threat to smooth operation on particularly small systems.
>
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> James Cameron
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Thank you for this information James. Anyway I do not want to bother
you with this topic in this list - what would be an adequate place to
discuss?

Raffael