Caching debate rages
Interesting article at Network World Fusion. NTAP mentioned.
Regards,
Steve
Caching debate rages
Some within IETF accuse Web caching vendors of violating IP
conventions.
By CAROLYN DUFFY MARSAN
Network World, 04/17/00
Is Web caching bad for the Internet? Debate on this question raged within the Internet engineering community last week, as leading Web-caching vendors caught flack for a communications protocol they developed to support load balancing and network-traffic redirection.
At issue is the Network Element Control Protocol (NECP), a general-purpose technology that supports secure, flexible communications between servers, switches and network devices. NECP is supported by some of the hottest companies in the Internet industry: Akamai Technologies, Foundry Networks, Inktomi, Alteon WebSystems, Novell, Radware and
Network Appliance.
These companies have submitted NECP to the Internet Engineering Task Force for publication as an informational document. NECP is embroiled in controversy because some IETF leaders say one likely use of NECP - as an interception proxy - violates the Internet's fundamental design.
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