Re: [squid-users] Torrents and squid - is caching possible

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:20:08 +1200

Mark Lodge wrote:
> Is caching of torrent downloads possible with squid?
>
> I have tried downloading a torrent via squid cache and then downloaded
> it again, but it did not take it from the cache
>
> Please advise
>

The negligible .torrent file is sometimes cacheable. But the main data
stream is not able to be saved at present. Squid does not yet have the
support needed to act as a torrent relay and manage the peering.

Amos

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