Re: [squid-users] FTP question

Squid caches ftp:// URLs just fine. It is only that the URL must be requested
by a HTTP client (i.e. web browser) configured to use Squid as a proxy for
ftp:// URLs.

Squid cannot proxy ftp requests by FTP clients (including browsers NOT
configured to use a proxy), and as a direct consequense it cannot cache such
requests as you cannot send them to Squid. For FTP clients you will need a
FTP proxy if you want to provide proxying capabilities. Some FTP proxies
(i.e. frox) claim to have simple integration with Squid for caching or even
transparent proxying support.

Regards
Henrik

De Leeuw Guy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your respons.
> If I understand correctly, an URL like http://ftp.domain.xy/myfile.zip is
> cached by squid,
> but not the url ftp://ftp.domain.xy/myfile.zip ?
>
> Guy
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 12:45 AM
> > To: De Leeuw Guy; squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > Subject: Re: [squid-users] FTP question
> >
> > On Friday 23 August 2002 14.36, De Leeuw Guy wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > It is possible to handle the ftp connections with squid ?
> >
> > Only for HTTP clients (i.e. web browsers) using Squid as a proxy for
> > ftp. Squid is a HTTP proxy.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
Received on Mon Aug 26 2002 - 04:01:10 MDT