On Fri, Jan 02, 1998 at 08:23:00AM -0800, Turnando Fuad wrote:
I would be curious to the liability issues surrounding the use of web proxy servers and Cisco Cache engines. ISP/NSPs traditionally only forwards packets or are at least responsible to a certain degree for resolution of IP addresses from DNS and routers. The use of these web cache technologies allows ISP/NSPs to now *intelligently determine* what data the requesting client receives. With web proxy server, at least the client is aware(we hope) that data is being cached but the Cisco Cache engine makes that process transparent. As we are all well aware, these intelligent implementations don't always work. It seems that we are on slippery grounds making content decisions for end user requests. And doesn't it become even messier with the suggested/proposed web caching at the MAEs or at the NSP level?
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