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Can Privoxy act as a “caching” proxy to speed up web browsing?

April 26, 2017ACT browsing caching Privoxy proxy speed web

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Can Privoxy act as a “caching” proxy to speed up web browsing?

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1614 1615 No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like Squid or 1616 Polipo for this. And, yes, before you ask, Privoxy can co-exist with other 1617 kinds of proxies like Squid. See the forwarding chapter in the user manual 1618 for details.