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OpenBSD 7.9 release · amd64 · Generated 2026-09-09

squid-7.5v0-krb5

WWW and FTP proxy cache and accelerator

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Description

Squid is a high-performance proxy caching server for web clients, supporting FTP, gopher, and HTTP data objects. Unlike traditional caching software, Squid handles all requests in a single, non-blocking, I/O-driven process. Squid keeps meta data and especially hot objects cached in RAM, caches DNS lookups, supports non-blocking DNS lookups, and implements negative caching of failed requests. Squid supports SSL, extensive access controls, and full request logging. By using the lightweight Internet Cache Protocol, Squid caches can be arranged in a hierarchy or mesh for additional bandwidth savings. Flavours: krb5 build with Kerberos 5 support (if you intend to use this for auth against Microsoft directory services, you may find the "msktutil" package useful).

Package information

Ports path
www/squid,krb5
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Stuart Henderson <stu.ports@spacehopper.org>
Categories
www
Available flavors
krb5, no_ldap

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