Internet Cache System

Web caching (also known as proxy caching) is a means of improving browser response times and reducing network traffic. In a typical scenario, a web cache acts as an intermediary between potentially thousands of users and the Internet. The web cache accepts user requests and satisfies them using web content that has been cached, prefetched, or retrieved directly from an origin web server. By intelligently caching popular web content close to the user, web caches dramatically improve web response times and greatly reduce network traffic.

This is a project that I had participated. There are also some other research projects in which I have involved or am involving.

Project Description

This was a project I worked as an intern in Novell's Internet Cache System (ICS) group. The primary function of ICS is to accelerate the delivery of repeatedly-used web content to users [1]. During the period I was in Novell, I worked as a tester and debugger and had cooperated with more than 10 software engineers and research scientists as a team. Besides the knowledge about ICS, I learned much on web proxy and web proxy services in this internship period. For people who are interested in ICS, [2] is a recent real-world example that a web site uses ICS to help out with the massive bandwidth hit to the server.

References:

[1] Gary Tomlinson, Drew Major, and Ron Lee. High-Capacity Internet Middleware: Internet Cache System Architectural Overview. ACM Performance Evaluation Review, 27(4):51--56, March 2000.

[2] An example web site using Internet Cache System. "Hurricane Katrina video and photography in New Orleans, LA blog." URL: http://www.stormchaservideo.com/Hurricane_Katrina/

Collaborators

This was a project that I had worked during my internship period in Novell in 2000. Grateful to the collaborators with whom I had worked.

The team members in ICS (Internet Cache System) group, Novell, year 2000.

Other Research Topics

For interested readers who would like to explore more on this topic with me, send me email at ding@cs.byu.edu. Also, there are some other research projects in which I have involved or am involving.

Last updated: Sep 12th, 2005