Re: [lime-users] Transparent proxy -- caching methods

We want to set up caching of at least one sort once we have the hardware ready. I have thought about caching ever since I read about Squid caching proxy years ago. I've also been planning to get the parts for a local server to function as a library (and maybe other stuff) like https://sopa.musaik.net/ -- great example! We'll probably set up something in the next month, starting with basic design, buying parts, and testing old parts this week (I'm in the US this week, where old computers are more abundant and electronics are cheaper than in Ecuador). The Sopa/Library way requires people to use it on purpose, so that's where community organization matters, and maybe a captive portal (Pitbull, when it's ready). The Squid / caching proxy way is transparent, so all network users benefit from it without changing their habits (unless they tunnel/VPN from their device), and privacy is compromised because there's a cache of what network users are viewing (that's another conversation in the community organizing), though content isn't linked to individual users. Or maybe widespread HTTPS makes caching proxies much less useful. Thanks for the youtube-dl-web links! I use ClipGrab on my laptop. I see there's a Transmission LuCi app for BitTorrent download management. I'm pretty sure we will use at least one dedicated computer for caching, either an old laptop or a TonidoPlug or something like that. RaspberryPi-type computers that have video-outs seem like they can be better put to use on things that need video-outs, but maybe the price is right to use a Raspi-type as a NAS/server. Most of the network users in Caimito are on smartphones, though the people with laptops might use more bandwidth at the moment (because they spend more time online and watch higher-resolution videos). Most of the smartphone traffic is WhatsApp and YouTube -- people don't know much about web browsing yet. On 12/30/2017 02:29 PM, guifipedro wrote: