rfc: rproxy -- caching and differential update of dynamic resources

[Martin Pool <mb...@linuxcare.com.au>]

    http://www.linuxcare.com.au/rproxy/

    The web is moving towards dynamic content.  While right now most
    web pages still consist of static content there is an obvious
    trend towards content that is generated on demand from back-end
    databases or personalized for individual users preferences. The
    problem with this trend is that it is rendering ineffective the
    traditional web caching techniques that have been so important in
    keeping internet traffic down.

    rproxy allows dynamically-generated content to be safely
    cached. Each time the page is requested, only the changes from the
    cached state need be sent across the network. The page is always
    delivered live to the client; but the transfer time and traffic is
    greatly reduced.

    Each time the page is requested, only the changes from the cached
    state need be sent across the network. The page is always
    delivered live to the client; but the transfer time and traffic is
    greatly reduced.

There is still some work to do before it's ready for 1.0, but it is
substantially complete and runs as a proof-of-concept.  Comments would
be very welcome.  I'd like to do a BoF session on this at ApacheCon if
that's possible.

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Martin Pool, Linuxcare, Inc.
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