CacheGuard OS is a Linux based operating system dedicated to Web traffic control and optimization. It transforms an x86 based machine to a powerful, affordable Web gateway appliance.
It allows you to control all Web traffic that passes through a CacheGuard appliance. It proxies HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP. It supports HTTP transparent implementation, HTTP compression methods, caching technologies, and user-defined black and white lists.
It features a fireWall with NAT and PAT, bandwidth management (QoS), Web-based and SSH-based administration interfaces, and high availability through a VRRP implementation.
Optimize Web traffics by:
， Saving your Internet Bandwidth
， WAN/WIFI Optimisation
， Protecting your privacy against intrusions
， Managing Web Access QoS (Quality of Service)
， Bandwidth Shaping & Scheduling
， Guarding against undesirable URLS (content filtering)
， Controlling and Examining Web Access
， Accelerating Web Access
Here are some key features of "CacheGuard OS":
， HTTP Transparent Implementation
， User Defined Balck Lists & White Lists
， Light-Weight Administration
， Scalability & Load Balancing
， Caching and HTTP Compression methods
， Web oriented Firewall with NAT & PAT
， Redundancy & High Availability
， Load Sharing
Whats New in This Release:
， The network installation and its documentation are improved (Mainly: the TFTP IP Address is guessed and if the installation fails, the installation environment is properly reset to give the possibility to launch the installation again).
