Some common reasons for using Streamcatcher are:
- to be able to use short, simple URLs as abbreviations – giving a more professional web site
presentation and facilitating easier advertising and daily use;
- to treat web robot requests differently from other requests and thereby (a) gain more control
over the content put into search engines and (b) reduce bandwidth costs;
- to view a real-time log of incoming HTTP requests for all sites or one site.
- to enable temporary or permanent redirection of any disabled or retired URL;
- to disguise or protect the real functionality of specific URLs;
- to identify all user agents (including web robots) hitting a WebSite;
- to see a full analysis of HTTP request content during the development of web applications;
- to reduce bandwidth and CPU cycles wasted by code red attacks.
- to rewrite host headers for a Microsoft Content Management System ("MSCMS") authoring server.
- to bounce traffic coming in on http to the corresponding URL on https
- to rename a web site (change its address) (see
how-to guide)
Features no longer included in version 1.9:
- to monitor bytes sent and received per domain, and see the result in a simple report; (this feature is now in a separate product, SlimLogger)
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