Browser Cache Sharing System

Model Number

FlashSurfer

• P2P Based Browser Cache Sharing System
• Triple your web access speed and reduce network stress
• Intruder Detection and Hard Disk Recovery

A Simple Cache Solution for Small Businesses, Educational Institutions, and Individuals

As more people use the web on a daily basis, the demand for faster and stable access increases. To provide better content, quality and service, ISPs and enterprises have implemented Web Caching, a technology that stores frequently accessed data in servers near end users, thus eliminating network bottlenecks and slowdown. Traditionally only large ISPs and enterprises, due to expensive hardware and software, have been able to implement web cache in their networks, leaving many other small businesses and individual users to suffer from slow internet traffic.

FlashSurfer is a client side application that uses a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) based browser cache sharing method for faster web access. Without installing any expensive new hardware, you can speed up your web access by up to 300%. It also comes with many useful utility features like Intruder Detection and Hard Drive Recovery. FlashSurfer is an ideal solution for small businesses, educational institutions, and individuals that want to take advantage of faster web access at minimum cost.

Faster Internet Access

FlashSurfer lets you share browser cache among computers in the same Local Area Network (LAN). When you view a webpage, content is stored in the computer until you want to access the same content again. By sharing the stored content with everyone in your LAN, FlashSurfer eliminates unnecessary connections to web servers. The FlashSurfer method significantly increases web content access time because it bypasses connections to the Internet cloud that are inherently slow. This is the same method that most expensive Cache servers use.

You can also setup FlashSurfer to pre-fetch content in your Favorites list so that you always have fresh content of your most often viewed web pages. Therefore, whenever you want to access your favorite content, FlashSurfer always delivers it instantly.

Improved Browser Cache

FlashSurfer not only allows you to share browser cache, it also makes performance and storage improvements of Internet Explorer browser cache. For example, if n number of computers have 100 megabytes of browser cache, FlashSurfer lets you have the same cache availability as having n * 100 megabytes in your computer. Also, Content Freshness Check function automatically updates the content stored in cache, so that the cache is always updated.

Reduce your Wide Area Network (WAN) stress

Since users can access desired web content without making connections to the Internet, it significantly reduces the amount of data going through your WAN. Therefore, it eliminates bottleneck and network traffic caused by data overloads. Some networks experience as much as a 40% decrease in WAN traffic.

Key Features

The FlashSurfer architecture takes full advantage of P2P based browser cache sharing. It also has various useful utility functions such as Pre-fetch, Popup Window Protection, and Automatic Refresh. Furthermore, Intruder Detection and Hard Disk Recovery let you surf the web safely without worrying about being hacked.

LAN Browser Cache Sharing

Browser Cache are contents of visited websites that have been stored in your local hard drive that can be viewed again without reconnecting to a web server. However, this method limits the usage of browser cache only to an individual local computer. FlashSurfer lets you share the cached content in your local computer with everyone on your network. For example, in a classroom where many students are instructed to view the same web page, FlashSurfer dramatically increases their access speed.

Pre-Fetch

FlashSurfer automatically downloads all linked content of a web page while the page is being viewed. This technology is called Pre-fetch. It speeds up web access because the content you are likely to view has already been downloaded to your local machine.

Popup Window Protection

Many Internet users have been victims of annoying advertising popup windows. The popup windows are not only distractions, but they also decrease work productivity. With FlashSurfer, you can select to be protected from popup windows, thus helping you to surf the web without any distractions.

Garbage File Deletion

FlashSurfer scans through cache disk space and automatically detects files that you are not likely to access again. It then deletes those useless files to increase your storage efficiency while maintaining cache performance.

Browser Cache Refresh Function

FlashSurfer periodically checks the freshness of content in your cache. If the content is outdated, it automatically downloads most updated data. Therefore, you will always be accessing the freshest web content.

Favorites Page Refresh Function

Most web surfers frequently access content of sites in their Favorites list. Web surfing is a lot faster if the content has been already downloaded and stored in your cache. FlashSurfer allows you to pre-download content and image files of websites in your Favorites list so that you can always view those sites instantly.

History Page Refresh Function

FlashSurfer automatically downloads the most updated content of the most frequently visited sites in your History list. Therefore, even if a website is not in your Favorites list, the frequently viewed content is always ready for you to be viewed.

Intruder Detection

FlashSurfer detects all packets coming into your computer and alerts you of any invalid incoming data. Therefore you can protect your computer from being hacked by unwanted intruders.

Hard Disk Recovery

Hard Disk Recovery is designed for computer clusters that must maintain the same workstation environment all the time. It is very useful in school computer labs because many students come in and change the settings of cluster computers without telling network administrators. You can instruct FlashSurfer to memorize the original settings and data, and safely recover when changes are made.

Statistics Monitor

FlashSurfer lets you monitor various useful statistics for administration purposes. It keeps track of the number of download requests, the number of returned requests, the number of files downloaded from a computer in a LAN, the size of downloaded files, the hit percentage, the average response time per request, the average response time when missed, the number of pre-fetched files, the number of refreshed files, and the saved bandwidth size. These statistics are displayed in graphs to make it easier for administrators to monitor.

Automatic Version Update

FlashSurfer automatically updates its version without any configuration changes. You will always have the most updated version of FlashSurfer and the browser is always optimized for the best web surfing experience.