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cdn with nginx - redirect back if not found

I need to configure cdn with nginx for images. GeoIp is working fine, but i have a problem with images that are not found on cdn server. I configured nginx the following way: Client requests the ...
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Prevent Browser from Opening Download Window for CDN

I use Rackspace CloudFiles CDN. Apparently the way that Akamai works (company that backs CloudFiles program) is that the mime-type is an image and will force the user to download it - I can still use ...
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Alternative CDN to Google and Microsoft [closed]

For hotlinking to js, css files I use Google and Microsoft's CDN servers: https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/devguide?hl=tr http://www.asp.net/ajaxlibrary/cdn.ashx But it seems like they ...
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Are there any CDNs that can be mounted like a filesystem

I am running a project with an architecture, that can currently serve content only from local filesystem. I want to store content at some CDN. Is there any way (or specific CDNs) I can mount a CDN as ...
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Subverting Flash Headers

I want complete control over browser cache, but I cannot find any plug-in for any browser that restores cache control to the user. Basically, I would like for my browser to ignore Cache Control ...
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Upload to multiple CDN servers simultaneously via FTP or SSH

Right now I'm uploading files like so: Connect to first server Upload to first server Connect to second server Ulpoad to second server And so on.. Is there some software what can ulpoad my files ...
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Slow download bandwith from Akamai when using company's DNS

I'm working in a company which got its own DNS servers, like many companies do. But I think they are not well configured. When I download files from popular CDNs like Akamai (read AppStore and Apple ...
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How to force Apache to answer only to Cloudflare?

I'm sure you all know what Cloudflare is (it's a very famous CDN). What I want to do, is force my Apache HTTP server to ONLY answer to Cloudflare. I want Apache to ignore and close or not respond to ...
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How do CDN (Content Distribution Networks) work?

Taking Akamai as CDN. From what I understand, when a client requests a page, the request goes to Akamai central server, which then depending on the location of client, picks up an Akamai edge server ...
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A lot of requests being generated to o.aolcdn.com

My computer at work seems to generating a lot of requests to files from o.aolcdn.com. The admins think that I do a lot of browsing. I don't believe I do that much and curious to know how could this be ...
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Low traffic CDN suggestions? [closed]

Can anyone recommend any CDNs that cater to the needs of a low traffic website? The most common CDNs that I have come across seem aimed at high traffic websites, with the prices to match.
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Where does content distribution network come into picture for youtube

I have vaguely heard of CDNs (Content Distribution Network) and I suppose they come into picture in context of multimedia(audio/video) online sites like youtube. My question is what really are these ...
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Access AWS S3 via FTP?

Is it possible to access your AWS S3 bucket via ftp? I am currently using the AWS console to upload files but this is rather laborious as you cannot upload entire directories. I note that AWS does ...
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What is the technology behind BitTorrent? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How does Bittorrent work? What is the BitTorrent protocol, and the technology behind it? What is the difference between BitTorrent and a content distribution network ...
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Do CDNs actually dump the data to the client or pass the URL of the content?

I am curious, say for example: Facebook is the client of Akamai CDN. So, now when I login to my Facebook page, I see all the content (vid, image, text etc) and I click on a video to view it. Now, ...
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YSlow always tells me my content is not served from a CDN

YSlow always tells me my content is not served from a CDN no matter what value(s) I put in about:config extensions.yslow.cdnHostnames. I've tried entering my.cdn.com, http://my.cdn.com/folder1/a/b/, ...