Web Cache Deployment Options
Proxy caching
- Browser sends requests for web pages to cache instead of origin server
Transparent proxy caching
- Browser sends requests for web pages to origin server
- Cache sits in data path, examines all packets bound for the Internet, intercepts web traffic and processes web requests
Transparent proxy caching with web cache redirection
- Browser sends requests for web pages to origin server
- LAN switch sits in data path, examines all packets bound for the Internet, and redirects web traffic to cache(s)
- Cache(s) attached to web cache redirector processes web requests