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memcached vs Proxychains

A side-by-side look at memcached and Proxychains. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

memcached

memcached

Network & Admin

Memcached is an open source, high-performance distributed memory object caching system. It is used to speed up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load for reading/writing frequently accessed data.

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Proxychains

Proxychains

Security & Privacy

Proxychains is an open-source proxy tool for Linux and Unix-like systems that forces network traffic through proxy servers. It allows any TCP-based application to use a SOCKS 4, SOCKS 5 or HTTP proxy without needing to configure the application itself.

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