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RE: backbone transparent proxy / connection hijacking
- From: Pete Farmer
- Date: Mon Jun 29 20:20:38 1998
On Monday, June 29, 1998 John Fraizer
[mailto:John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net] wrote:
>Backbone providers are here to provide unhindered
>connection to the internet for their clients.
Is that necessarily what the customer is after, or is that a polemic?
<customer_view> I think my backbone provider is there to provide me with
access to Internet content, delivering the mix of throughput, latency,
and price that's right for me. And I can see where caching *might*
allow a service provider to better meet my needs. </customer_view>
>Hijacking your clients, their clients, etc connections
>and shoving them through a proxy cache to save money is
>unethical.
>
>Transparent proxys have one place. On the CLIENT side of the
connection.
As a customer, I don't give a hoot for belief systems and opinions on
where things 'ought' to be. Don't talk to me about 'unethical,' talk to
me about better ways to solve my business problem.
Pete
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