RE: [squid-users] FTP question

In this case it is possible to use the iptables command :
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport ftp -j
REDIRECT --to-port 3128
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport ftp_data -j
REDIRECT --to-port 3128

to cache all ftp query ?

Guy

> 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 - 04:10:42 MDT