This means that it is possible for malicious users to divert web traffic passing through such a router, even though they may not have either physical or configuration access to the router. This attack can be avoided by using access lists to prevent WCCP traffic from untrusted hosts from reaching the router. Cisco will be modifying WCCP to include hash-based authentication in a future release. Plankton's Java implementation supports customization of focus and topological layout. This ability, combined with the universal availability that Web and Java provide, allows users to get a comprehensive view of the global caching infrastructure and insights into their own positions in the hierarchy.
Plankton has a group of parameters to control the characteristics of display.
It allows users to tailor their complexity, focus and topological layout to match their specific visualization objectives. The CacheFlow 1000 has been reviewed by Info World. However, CacheFlow 1000 has advantages over lower-cost competitors, such as Network Appliance's NetCache C230, because it can work in conjunction with the CacheFlow 100 segment device to relieve congestion throughout a large enterprise network. The reviewer performed a simple evaluation of the product by requesting some 125,000 URLs with 400 simulated Web clients. The CacheFlow 100 has been reviewed by PCWeek.