"Lovely team - it is a pleasure to work with them."
Ahmad Alrasheedan, Senior Consultant, Wireless Mobile Data Co, Kuwait
"We have very good bandwidth savings from CACHEBOX and support is excellent too. They are a good price for what they do"
Samir A. Alkadhumi, IT Technician, Gorannet, Iraq
"CACHEBOX has saved us money as it delayed the need to purchase additional bandwidth"
Adam Yon, C&W St Helena Networks Manager
"Instead of buying more bandwidth, we wanted to make better use of existing bandwidth. CACHEBOX was a good option"
Raz Biramah, IPI9, Gabon
"CACHEBOX is so easy to deploy, use and manage. As a technical engineer it has made my life a lot easier"
Khaled Aly, Technical Engineer, Miranet, Lebanon

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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