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    Web caching improves web service for frequently visited pages in a local area by satisfying HTTP requests without contacting the origin server. A proxy server caches copies of recently requested web objects. When a client requests an object, if it is in the proxy's cache the request is fulfilled by the proxy; otherwise, the proxy requests the object from the origin server and caches it to fulfill future requests. This reduces response time, traffic on institutional networks, and utilization of the wide area network (WAN) link. Cache updates are handled through conditional requests that check whether the cached object has been modified since a specified date-time.

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    Web caching improves web service for frequently visited pages in a local area by satisfying HTTP requests without contacting the origin server. A proxy server caches copies of recently requested web objects. When a client requests an object, if it is in the proxy's cache the request is fulfilled by the proxy; otherwise, the proxy requests the object from the origin server and caches it to fulfill future requests. This reduces response time, traffic on institutional networks, and utilization of the wide area network (WAN) link. Cache updates are handled through conditional requests that check whether the cached object has been modified since a specified date-time.

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    Web caching improves web service for frequently visited pages in a local area by satisfying HTTP requests without contacting the origin server. A proxy server caches copies of recently requested web objects. When a client requests an object, if it is in the proxy's cache the request is fulfilled by the proxy; otherwise, the proxy requests the object from the origin server and caches it to fulfill future requests. This reduces response time, traffic on institutional networks, and utilization of the wide area network (WAN) link. Cache updates are handled through conditional requests that check whether the cached object has been modified since a specified date-time.

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    HTTP

    Applications of TCP/IP network


    Xiaolan Tang
    Question

    For those popular Web pages visited frequently in a local area, how to
    improve the Web service?

    Web caching

    Page 2
    Outline
    1. Web 5. Cookies
    2. HTTP overview 6. Web caching
    3. HTTP connections 7. Conditional request
    4. HTTP messages 8. Streaming multimedia

    Page 3
    Web caching
    Goal: satisfying HTTP request without responding from origin server
     A proxy server caches copies of
    Web objects that are requested
    recently
    Amy
     Client (browser) sends all HTTP Client
    requests to proxy server response
     Requested object is in cache: proxy Proxy Origin
    server returns object server server
     Otherwise, proxy server requests
    object from origin server, then returns
    Bob
    it to client Client
    browser setting

    Page 4
    Proxy server
     Proxy server acts as both
    client and server
     Server for original Amy
    requesting client Client
     Client for origin server response
    Proxy Origin
     Proxy servers are usually server server
    located closed to client
     Installed by ISP Bob
    Client
    (university, company,
    residential ISP)

    Page 5
    Why Web caching?
    Advantages of Web caching
     Shorten response time for client request
     Reduce traffic on institution's WAN link, backbone network,
    server located in data center

    Content Distribution Network (CDN)


     Many distributed caches
     Localize large amounts of traffic

    Internet dense with caches

    Page 6
    Web caching example
    Scenario:
     Average object size: 1M bits
    Origin
     Average request rate from browsers to origin servers
    servers:15 times/sec
     Average data rate to browsers: 15 Mbps Public Internet
     Size of HTTP request message is negligible
     RTT between institutional router and any
    origin server: 2 secs 15Mbps
    Result: WAN
    Institutional
     LAN utilization = 15% network 100Mbps
     WAN utilization = 100% LAN
     Response delay = Internet delay + WAN
    delay (queuing) + LAN delay
    = 2 secs + minutes + msecs Local Web cache

    Page 7
    Cache update

    Question: How to update the caches in proxy servers?

     Update the cache according to  Parse the header about Last-


    the origin server’s update Modified time, etc., to decide
    policy how long the content would
    be valid

    Conditional request

    Page 8
    Outline
    1. Web 5. Cookies
    2. HTTP overview 6. Web caching
    3. HTTP connections 7. Conditional request
    4. HTTP messages 8. Streaming multimedia

    Page 9
    Conditional request
    Goal: Server will respond with object if the condition is met

     Condition in HTTP request message


     Most common condition:
    Since a specified date and time, the object is modified

    Advantages
     No object transmission delay
     Lower link utilization

    Page 10
    Conditional request (continued)
    • Client (Cache): specify date of Client Server
    cached copy in HTTP request
    HTTP request msg
    If-modified-since: <date> If-modified-since: Mon, 29 Object not
    Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT
    modified
    • Server: HTTP response HTTP response msg after <date>
    message contains no object if HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified

    cached copy is up-to-date:


    HTTP request msg
    HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified If-modified-since : Mon, 29
    Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT Object
    modified
    Otherwise, the object will be HTTP response msg after <date>
    sent to client HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    <data>

    Page 11
    Thanks!

    工科类 20 号
    教师：唐晓岚

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