Re: gFTP rocks!

[gandalf pobox com]

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Mohammad Abdin wrote:

> Every Linux FTP program I have found does not use FTP proxies 
> except for Netscape. I think it is an ESSENTIAL feature, cos A 
> LOT of ISP's use proxies just to speed up people's connection (as 
> mine does). Its a shame that its missing :P 

Comming from a school that keeps the dorms behind a firewall, I agree that
supporting proxies is a _great_ idea.  But how exactly does a proxy help
speed up a FTP connection?

-chris
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