transparent caching....

Sat Jun 27 14:08:16 UTC 1998

Paul,

  I am not surprised that your box is the only one that *got it right*.

Having a clue has *always* been the advantage of the internet,
and I think you hit that category ;)

  Talk has always been cheap.

Paul Vixie wrote:
> 
> mo at UU.NET (Mike O'Dell) writes:
> 
> > I've been talking myself blue in the face for some time now
> > trying to convince the never-ending parade of would-be
> > cache builders that busting a gut to be "completely
> > transparent" was simply not worth the effort because i was
> > convinced it would turn out to be a bug and not a feature,
> > especially when people had to troubleshoot problems.
> 
> I have come to agree with this, in the large.  But it was and
> remains an interesting technical problem, and I feel strongly
> and proudly that our box was the only one that got it *right*.
> --
> Paul Vixie
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