Cache Management

You can find this tab in GateKeeper on the configuration pane. Click for help

See the WWW Proxy

Caching

The WinGate 2.1 WWW Proxy provides HTTP caching. HTTP Caching is the process of storing recently accessed graphics, HTML documents or other files from the Internet on the WinGate machine, to allow faster retrieval the next time they are requested from any LAN machine.

WinGate will only cache HTTP requests (i.e not FTP URLs), that use the “GET” method. WinGate will not cache any request that contains a query string (e.g the response to any form submission). You can apply details rules to specify what WinGate will cache.

Note for NT users: the cache directory can get very large. Most files are less than 5K in size, and it is not uncommon to have more than 10000 files in the cache. It is worth running the cache on a drive with NTFS as this will save you space and increase speed on the drive.

Note for 95 users: Using a compressed disk will give you much better use of space, though access speed will be slower.