deb proxy solution based on squid with a tweaked config file
Squid-deb-proxy is a deb proxy solution based on squid with a tweaked config file. It only requires a machine to act as the server. Reasons to use include:
- No editing of files on the client side.
- Use zeroconf so that clients are "zero config."
- Use an existing, solid proxy solution instead of writing a new tool.
- Easy to set up for a typical Linux administrator.
With it, all the machines on your network will check the cache before hitting the outside network to fetch packages. If there are new packages available then the first machine will download it from the net; after that, subsequent requests for the package will come from the server to the clients.
(Condensed from @JorgeCastro at http://askubuntu.com/a/3507/8724.)