WWWOFFLE for Debian GNU/Linux

This package contains the Debianized version of WWWOFFLE, the World Wide Web OFFline Explorer.

The WWWOFFLE program is a simple proxy server with special features for use with dial-up internet links. This means that it is possible to browse web pages and read them without having to remain connected.

If you have wwwoffle installed you can get more information by directly reading the WWWOFFLE Proxy Wellcome Page on localhost. If you are connected to the internet you can go directly to the WWWOFFLE Homepage.

Notes about configuring WWWOFFLE

The only configuration file for WWWOFFLE is /etc/wwwoffle.conf. If your ISP requires the use of an HTTP proxy, you have to modify that file. If not you are ready to go with the standard one.

Now WWWOFFLE goes online/offline automagically when you connect/disconnect to/from (I love /) the internet. It uses two little scripts named /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/wwwoffle and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/wwwoffle. They are conffiles and can be safely modified by the sysadmin.

Note that the configuration file wwwoffle.conf was moved from /var/spool/wwwoffle to /etc to conform to Debian Policy.

Now WWWOFFLE comes with a daily cron job to purge the cache down to the size specified in wwwoffle.conf. To customize it look at /etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle.

More documentation

Some more documentation avaiable with this package: