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Squid vs stunnel

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

Squid

Squid

Network & Admin

Squid is an open source web proxy and caching server. It speeds up access to web pages by caching and reusing frequently accessed web content. Squid helps reduce bandwidth usage and server load.

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stunnel

stunnel

Security & Privacy

stunnel is an open-source software used to provide secure encrypted connections by wrapping existing TCP-based network protocols. It can be used to add TLS encryption to non-TLS aware applications.

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