Squid

Squid is an open-source caching and forwarding HTTP proxy server designed to improve web performance, reduce bandwidth usage, and enhance access control for network traffic.

Key Features of Squid:

• High-performance HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP proxy.
• Caching to reduce bandwidth and speed up responses.
• Access control and authentication support.
• Widely used for web acceleration and content filtering.
• Supports logging, monitoring, and traffic optimization.

Squid Usage:

$ sudo su
To check Squid installed version:
$ squid -v
To check Squid service status:
$ systemctl status squid

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