>All,
>
>General question here...
>What does the Squid Proxy server do and why would I want to use it?
>
>My setup is a single RH7.2 box providing these services
>1. Apache
>2. Sendmail
>3. Samba
>
>Since I have a hardware firewall/router, would Squid provide any benefit?
>
>Thanks for any responses!
>
>Mike Copeland
>Genesis Group Software

It's not a firewall. See http://www.squid-cache.org

From that website:

"Squid is...
a full-featured Web proxy cache
designed to run on Unix systems
free, open-source software
the result of many contributions by unpaid (and paid) volunteers
Squid supports...

proxying and caching of HTTP, FTP, and other URL's
proxying for SSL
cache hierarchies
ICP, HTCP, CARP, Cache Digests
transparent caching
WCCP (Squid v2.3 and above)
extensive access controls
HTTP server acceleration
SNMP caching of DNS lookups "

JLK