North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Digex transparent proxying
> It might also be time for content providers of time-sensitive data on the web > to redirect requests coming from Digex' proxy harvest machines to a web page > that says something along the lines of "Digex has intercepted your web request > and directed it through their web caching system. This impacts the > time-sensitive data at this site. Hence you cannot access this site in this > manner. Please contact Digex at [insert contact info here] and politely ask > Digex to stop intercepting your web requests. When Digex removes this > interception mechanism and permits you to connect directly to this site again > without any interference or interception, you will again have full access. > Please understand we cannot offer full access without a direct, unintercepted > connection. Otherwise we cannot maintain the quality and timeliness of the > data this web site provides due to interference by a third party." And so > forth. Just an idea really. > > Or does this hijacking mechanism NOT use harvesting techniques that can be > detected by the source IP address? > > Blah. Tis late, I must be babbling incoherently. > > Aaron out. > For the record, Cisco cache engines honor the 'no-cache' tags. If content providers who deliver time sensitive data use these tags there is no issue. We have been using cache engines here for about a month, and we have only had one minor incident (an authentication issue). Otherwise, they have practically paid for themselfs already. /ajd/ -- _/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ Andrew J. Doane _/ _/ _/ _/ Director, Network Operations _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/_/ American Information Systems, Inc. _/ _/ _/ _/ Email: [email protected], http://www.ais.net _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ (312) 255-8500 Voice, (312) 255-8501 Fax For my PGP public key, email me with the subject "pgp request"
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