Re: [squid-users] cache videos/bittorrent

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 12:56:07 +1200

On 16.05.2012 08:14, Mário Sérgio Candian wrote:
> Hi guys.
>
> I'd like to cache some p2p like kazaa, emule, bittorrent, ares, and
> videos
> from Youtube, Netflix or services that use Adaptive Bitrate (ABR). Is
> possible with Squid?
>
> Regards,
> MSC

Squid is an HTTP caching proxy.

Squid is not a P2P, Torrent, or VoD cache.

Squid is also not a multimedia transcoder. Youtube Netflix can be
proxied and cached when they transfer over HTTP. But the ABR is ignored
and can easily lead to bad client experiences.

Amos
Received on Wed May 16 2012 - 00:56:12 MDT

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