Re: [SQU] Squid is NOT a FTP proxy .. now what ?

Squid does let users go though it for FTP sites. It just doesn't cache.

Is there something more that I'm missing?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrice Laborie" <laborie@sbm.net.sa>
To: <squid-users@ircache.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 9:49 AM
Subject: [SQU] Squid is NOT a FTP proxy .. now what ?

> Hi
>
> I have read in about 200 posts on this mailing list that
> squid is NOT a FTP proxy ...
>
> I understood ( and tested ) that if a HTTP client makes a FTP requests
> through
> squid will be able to process it.
> but this still doesn't turn squid into a FTP proxy ...
>
> now WHAT ?
>
> - is someone working on that ?
> I thought that if squid was able to fetch a page on a ftpserver, half of
> the work is already done ;-)
> but I guess that if pple put more energy on this list saying what squid
> is not instead of turning squid
> into a ftpproxy, there must be a reason ....
> any trick hidden?
> somebody has done a sizing of the effort to do this work? any pre-alfa
> version around ??
>
> - what are you guys out there using as a work around ?
> I NEED to proxyfy FTP requests .... (caching would be a nice feature.
> but I'd survive without that)
> an other program on an other machine/ other port dedicated to ftp proxy?
> any idea ( if possible free stuff ) would be apreciated !
>
> fab
>
>
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