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https Youtube Caching in Squid

Asked by Keith006

Hi Folks,

I'm planning to setup a youtube caching server using squid, is it to possible cache the videos over https connections?
now youtube videos using https connections.

any help!!!

Cheers,
Keith

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/DynamicContent/YouTube

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Thomas Krüger (thkrueger) said : 		#2

Short answer: no

Long answer:
In theory it is possible to cache HTTPS connections, but it's not easy and actually you have to do a man in the middle attack on the connection, which will pretty much break all SSL/TLS security. Also the setup requires a good knowledge on SSL/TLS and PKI. It's not for starters.

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