Re: New features in Squid CIFS caching

Jorge Novo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Jorge I am not subscribed to the list cos actually I am
> not a developer. I would be.
>
> I have a little question: is it possible to use Squid for caching
> another kind of traffic?
>
> I am using BlueCoat ProxySG. http://www.bluecoat.com/
>
> [quote]
> Control — Proxy Services
> Proxy support for multiple protocols
> -> HTTP, CIFS, SSL, FTP, MAPI, P2P, MMS, RTSP, QuickTime, TCP-Tunnel, DNS
> -> Bandwidth management on all proxy services
> -> SSL Termination & Proxy (forward and reverse)
> -> Control encrypted traffic for all users and applications inside and
> outside the enterprise
> [/quote]
>
>
> This product caches and compress CIFS and several other protocols.
>
> Could be a new feature in next versions of Squid
>

I doubt it.

CIFS is 11 years expired. Very complicated, and not relevant to HTTP.
It's a file system which Windows and Samba wrap nicely into other forms
which Squid can use already so no need to add this muddle of obsolete
mess to Squid.

http://www.ubiqx.org/cifs/rfc-draft/draft-leach-cifs-v1-spec-02.txt

I suspect BC support it as part of their router/firewall features. I've
heard of their WebGate using Squid so it's not in there.

MMS, RTSP, Torrent, and ONION have better chances of getting into Squid
anytime soon.

Amos

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