Mailinglist Archive: proxy-suite (11 mails)

[Stephen Fletcher <Stephen.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken

Squid does not support transparent ftp proxing, only transparent http. At
least last time I looked and Hendrik did not seem to be keen on even
contemplating adding such support. The reason I use the transparent
patches is so no client configuration is necessary, and I wish it to stay
that way :)

Stephen

On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Kenneth L. Hamer wrote:

> Stephen.Fletcher@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > How so?
> > I am using the transparent patches and would like to have often downloaded
> > files automatically cached, I dont want to have to tell users "use your
> > browser if you want caching". Is this what you are suggesting? I know
> > there are som ftp proxies around that use caching. Would someone know one
> > that I could mash into ftp-proxy and not be a problem wuith licensing?
> 
> Okay, first I'll say that I don't have implementation details, this is
> just something that *should* work.  Although I'm not familiar with the
> transparent patches tp FTP proxy - we don't use it that way.
> 
> No, I'm not suggesting to tell them to use their browser.  What I was
> thinking is that you could put squid in between them and the FTP proxy. 
> Have the connect through squid (either by transparent proxying or
> explicit proxy configuration.  Then configure squid to go out through
> the SUSE FTP proxy.  Again, that could be done either through explicit
> configuration or through another round of transparent proxying.  Squid
> should work with pretty much any FTP client.
> 
> I'll admit you might have to work some magic with ipchains to make this
> work on a single machine.
> 
> - Ken
> 



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