Re: gFTP rocks!

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 gandalf@pobox.com wrote:
> 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?

It can help more with a Web connection than FTP, but "smart" proxies like
Squid will cache common queries.  Some even have a lookahead cache, so it
will try to anticipate what you will download, and keep it on hand.  In
order to make use of such systems, you need proxy support.

-Gleef