"CACHEBOX is brilliant, it allows us to download 2GB files in an instant, without congesting our internet pipe!"
Bo Vaaben, Star Air A/S, Denmark "Having a CACHEBOX in place really does make the internet so much faster for our patrons"
Robert Rowe, Head of Department, Finkelstein Memorial Library, USA "CACHEBOX is dedicated to caching and is very easily installed"
Sherif Beshay, Beshay Steel, Egypt "One of the best things about the CACHEBOX is the ease of management... With ApplianSys everything is simple and easy to configure"
Helenio Sartori, Repubblica e Cantone Ticino, Switzerland "CACHEBOX is very important for getting more out of small bandwidth connections"
Helenio Sartori, Repubblica e Cantone Ticino, Switzerland

Hardened Operating System for Security and Reliability

CACHEBOX’s security hardened Linux based operating system (OS) is a custom-built appliance ‘distribution’, developed by ApplianSys to maximise security and reliability. The OS has been stripped clean and locked down:

  • Programs, services and files found on a standard Linux distribution that are not required for a cache appliance are removed. This makes CACHEBOX more secure and boot faster than a standard Linux server.
  • A fully configurable firewall allows access to the appliance to be restricted, with tight control of which ports are open, blocking different applications
    • It also allows CACHEBOX to be deployed as a network gateway, automatically directing web traffic to Squid
    • It can act as a NAT (Network Address Translation) server if required
  • CACHEBOX uses solid state CFast cards. The “Program Card” holds just the operating system and application software. The card itself is set as read-only, which makes it more secure in the event of unauthorised network access and avoids accidental damage from user errors.

The OS has a small footprint: once booted, it is retained in RAM, making it very fast.

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Because CACHEBOX is versatile and scalable, our customers around the world come in all shapes and sizes. ISPs, education authorities, blue-chip multi-nationals, public sector bodies, small businesses, shipping fleets and hotels get more out of their bandwidth with CACHEBOX.

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