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@nec.com.au 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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