[ILUG] Squid vs Apache2

[Robert Sweetnam]

Bernhard D Rohrer wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I have always wondered why people use Squid, when Apache2 also has 
> proxy functionality. Performance?
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment
>
> Bernhard
It depends on what you want to proxy. Squid is a caching proxy and is 
usually used to connect clients on a network to the internet. Apache 
mod_proxy can be used for the same purpose without the caching 
functionality. Apaches mod_proxy is more typically used as a reverse 
proxy to redirect a URL to another server. Squid can also be used for 
this also but Squid can be configured to cache those requests and to 
accellerate content delivery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_cache
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html
http://www.sweetnam.eu/index.php/Reverse_Proxy_with_Squid

Cheers
Robert