"The sales team is responsive and understand your concerns"
Tidjani Annadif, Nadif Business Service (Banyas & Sons Ltd), Chad
"CACHEBOX has alleviated a lot of stress in our network - it's doing a great job with Chrome updates"
Chris Brown, System Engineer, Micro Computer Systems, Inc. DBA MicroK12, USA
"CACHEBOX now looks after our updates automatically - the bandwidth savings are great, but I've also saved so much time"
Derrick Fields, A-Rush Gaming, USA
"Bandwidth is extremely important for us, we have such a small pipeline and CACHEBOX has made our lives easier"
Jeremy Roberts, IT section manager, Saint Helena Government, Saint Helena
"CACHEBOX gives us better performance, better value, and is a low maintenance solution."
Paul Brunet, CEO, Great White North Technology Consulting, Canada

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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