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CFTP - A caching FTP server

M.T. Russell and T.R. Hopkins

Computer Networks and ISDN Systems, 30(22-23):182-196, November 1998 Presented at the 3rd International Caching Workshop, Manchester, 15th-17th June 1998.

Abstract

By analyzing the log files generated by the UK National Web Cache and by a number of origin FTP sites we provide evidence that an FTP proxy cache with knowledge of local (national) mirror sites could significantly reduce the amount of data that needs to be transferred across already overused networks.

We then describe the design and implementation of CFTP, a caching FTP server, and report on its usage over the first 10 months of its deployment. Finally we discuss a number of ways in which the software could be further enhanced to improve both its efficiency and its usability.

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Bibtex Record

@article{680,
author = {Russell, M.T. and Hopkins , T.R.},
title = {{CFTP} -- {A} Caching {FTP} Server},
month = {November},
year = {1998},
pages = {182-196},
keywords = {determinacy analysis, Craig interpolants},
note = {Presented at the 3rd International Caching Workshop, Manchester, 15th-17th June 1998.},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1998/680},
    ISSN = {0169-7552},
    journal = {Computer Networks and ISDN Systems},
    number = {22--23},
    publisher = {Elsevier},
    volume = {30},
}

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