Re: FTP in Squid

I just moved 1.2beta11 (with patches) onto our production server (Yeah, it's my
risk. I'm well aware of how beta-software might behave). I must say that it's
working _very_ well. For me, anyway. Don't try this at home, kids. Not on
production systems. Let me be the idiot who gets burned.

D

Daryl Lim wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 23:51:58 +0100
> > Subject: Re: FTP in Squid
> > To: Daryl Lim <dlim@ihug.co.nz>
> > From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@hem.passagen.se>
> > Cc: squid-users@nlanr.net
>
> > Daryl Lim wrote:
> >
> > > But I find Squid handles FTP Auth better or correctly than NetCache.
> >
> > Thanks ;-)
>
> No Problem .. I still find Squid and other GNU or freeware software much better
> than some $$$ stuff ..
>
> If you would like to know why I run NetCache as well is that I have to satisfy
> higher up that I am not "crazy" using free software that isn't as good as $$$
> software...NOT!. Also it's to teach others how to configure the proxy and how
> the proxy system works . As through the menu interface they can first start the
> basics then once that is done and comfortable.
>
> I show them that cofiguring squid is just like configuring NetCache without the
> fancy interface .. Of course squid is also more fun :)
>
> > If you like FTP in 1.1.X, then look out for 1.2. The ftp support is
> > improved quite a bit.
> >
> > ps. 1.2 is still in early beta. Can't recommended it for production at
> > the moment, but you are more than welcome to test it in test systems.
>
> Already running 1.2Beta8 for a few weeks now successfully ... Though at a
> different port .. and currently I'm the only one using it . When I'm dial in.
> Looks good so far and stable .. I like the planned URN: support for
> finding the fastest mirror ..
>
> Just one suggestion . I would like to have a option that checks for if the file
> that the user is trying to download already exist in a special directory . So
> some of my clients when they try downloading large files like netscape etc ..
> It will be retrieved from that directory rather than from Netscape site ..
>
> Some of my users don't understand or get what a local ftp site is for :) ...
> I have tried the redirector included with squid and it doesn't seem to either
> work or like me :)..
>
> Daryl,
>
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