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  • From: Monica.Berko@anu.edu.au <Monica.Berko@anu.edu.au>
  • Subject: Will browsers support multiple proxy servers?
  • To: "www-proxy@www10.w3.org" <www-proxy@www10.w3.org>
  • Message-id: <v01510105ac0bce099943@[150.203.168.13]>
We do not have a firewall but run a proxy/caching server to improve
performance and save network traffic costs.

However it is a single point of failure because we don't have an automatic
failover strategy and no out-of-hours coverage. What I would like is to be
able to configure the browsers with at least two proxy servers (one as the
default) just as one does with DNS nameservers, and run a proxy server
(without cache) on another system just in case the main server fails.

Has this been discussed before and have Netscape or NCSA indicated it might
be a possibility?


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Monica Berko                                     Email:Monica.Berko@anu.edu.au
Centre for Networked Information and Publishing  Phone: +61 6 279 8114
Australian National University                   Fax:   +61 6 279 8120

Received on Monday, 19 June 1995 21:34:36 UTC