[5229] in www-talk@info.cern.ch
Re: Caching Servers Considered Harmful (was: Re: Finger URL)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fisher Mark)
Mon Aug 22 07:01:09 1994
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 1994 12:43:47 +0200
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From: Fisher Mark <FisherM@is3.indy.tce.com>
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Rob Raisch wrote in <Pine.3.85.9408211533.A331-0100000@enews>:
>This is even a bigger problem than it might be, given the terrifically bad
>idea of running caching servers. (IMHO)
OK, I'll bite -- why?
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Mark Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics
fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN
"Just as you should not underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon
traveling 65 mph filled with 8mm tapes, you should not overestimate
the bandwidth of FTP by mail."
