Re: [squid-users] squid and ftp

> shailesh shinde wrote:
> >why does squid not support ftp ,smtp like protocols on the client side.
> >Is it possible to write modules for such a support ?

On 04.03.09 13:40, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Squid is an HTTP proxy. It converts FTP into HTTP. That is the only
> support it has for such non-HTTP protocols.
>
> It's possible to write such modules, but not part of what Squid does.
> There are other software called FTP proxies and such for that.

...mostly because FTP and other protocols do not support proxying

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