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  5. Forefront TMG vs Squid

Forefront TMG vs Squid

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Overview

Squid
Squid
Stacks101
Followers205
Votes17
GitHub Stars2.7K
Forks594
Forefront TMG
Forefront TMG
Stacks0
Followers7
Votes0

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Detailed Comparison

Squid
Squid
Forefront TMG
Forefront TMG

Squid reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.

It is an integrated edge security gateway from Microsoft. It is a Common Criteria certified (EAL4+) enterprise-class application-layer firewall that includes support for proxy services (forward and reverse proxy), content caching, and VPN (both site-to-site and remote access).

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Secure Remote Access; Secure Mail Relay; Virtual Private Networking
Statistics
GitHub Stars
2.7K
GitHub Stars
-
GitHub Forks
594
GitHub Forks
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Stacks
101
Stacks
0
Followers
205
Followers
7
Votes
17
Votes
0
Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 4
    Easy to config
  • 2
    Cluster
  • 2
    Very Fast
  • 2
    Web application accelerator
  • 1
    ESI
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What are some alternatives to Squid, Forefront TMG?

Varnish

Varnish

Varnish Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. Varnish Cache is really, really fast. It typically speeds up delivery with a factor of 300 - 1000x, depending on your architecture.

Let's Encrypt

Let's Encrypt

It is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).

Section

Section

Edge Compute Platform gives Dev and Ops engineers the access and control they need to run compute workloads on a distributed edge.

Sqreen

Sqreen

Sqreen is a security platform that helps engineering team protect their web applications, API and micro-services in real-time. The solution installs with a simple application library and doesn't require engineering resources to operate. Security anomalies triggered are reported with technical context to help engineers fix the code. Ops team can assess the impact of attacks and monitor suspicious user accounts involved.

Instant 2FA

Instant 2FA

Add a powerful, simple and flexible 2FA verification view to your login flow, without making any DB changes and just 3 API calls.

Nuster

Nuster

nuster is a high performance HTTP proxy cache server and RESTful NoSQL cache server based on HAProxy.

ORY Hydra

ORY Hydra

It is a self-managed server that secures access to your applications and APIs with OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect. It is OpenID Connect Certified and optimized for latency, high throughput, and low resource consumption.

Virgil Security

Virgil Security

Virgil consists of an open-source encryption library, which implements CMS and ECIES(including RSA schema), a Key Management API, and a cloud-based Key Management Service.

Clef

Clef

Clef is secure two-factor — built for consumers. Easy to use, integrate, and pay for.

ExpeditedSSL

ExpeditedSSL

Stop pouring through MAN pages and outdated blog posts that don't take into account new requirements. With our add-on, you can go from install to confirmed installation in as little as twenty minutes: using nothing but your browser.

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