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

Ok, I think I get it.

As long as you connect to an ftp server via http:// you are fine.

As soon as you try via ftp:// you are out of luck?

So, if I click on a link to download a file from an ftp server as
http://ftp.mydomain.com/donloadthis.exe Squid will work.

If I click on a link that does ftp://ftp.mydomain.com/downloadthis.exe Squid
will not work.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Cooper" <joe@swelltech.com>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
Cc: <squid-users@ircache.net>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [SQU] Squid is NOT a FTP proxy .. now what ?

> Nope.
>
> If you try to use an ftp client (not a browser proxying through Squid),
> proxied or otherwise, with Squid it will not work. That means a real
> ftp client, like ncftp, cuteftp, etc. Browsers, when configured to use
> a proxy will talk the http, not ftp, protocol to the proxy. So, Squid
> works.
>
> Squid knows how to talk to an ftp server, but not how to talk to an ftp
> client. So, as Robert said, Squid doesn't do client side ftp.
>
> You're thinking of your browser as an ftp client (and it can be) but in
> the context of proxying, it acts as an http client to an http proxy that
> just happens to know how to talk to an FTP server.
>
> More clear now?
>
> Adam Lang wrote:
>
> > Ah, I think I get it.
> >
> > If I'm on a Webpage and I click a link to download a file that is
located on
> > an ftp server, it will work. If I actually try to go to an FTP site, it
> > doesn't.
> >
> > Correct?
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
> > To: "Mike Egglestone" <mike_egglestone@fc.schdist57.bc.ca>;
> > <squid-users@ircache.net>
> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 3:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SQU] Squid is NOT a FTP proxy .. now what ?
> >
> >
> >
> >> What I mean is that ftp clients cannot connect via Squid. Squid can use
> >> FTP to retrieve URL's for HTTP clients though.
> >>
> >> Squid will cache anything that goes thru it (ftp caching is controlled
> >> via some squid.conf settings) according to it's heuristics.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Mike Egglestone" <mike_egglestone@fc.schdist57.bc.ca>
> >> To: <squid-users@ircache.net>
> >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 6:18 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [SQU] Squid is NOT a FTP proxy .. now what ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> Adam,
> >>>> Squid _does not support client side FTP_.
> >>>>
> >>>> Rob
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi..
> >>> What do you mean by "client side FTP"
> >>> Does this mean that squid won't cache an ftp web page....?
> >>> ex....ftp://ftp.somedomain.com
> >>> but squid will cache a downloaded file from ftp... right?
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>>
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> Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
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