[Bug 827627] Re: apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

[Hadmut Danisch]

Well, not really solve, but workaround.

It works for home networks, but it's not suitable if you are in a large
company network where you never know what other people are announcing
and where you can't announce just what you want.

E.g. you cannot have  client A uses cache B and client C uses cache D in
the same network, and it's prone to attacks by faking caches.

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Title:
  apt should be able to use an opportunistic cache/proxy

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hi,

  apt-get can use a HTTP proxy if on is configured in its settings, but
  then it fails if the proxy is unavailable.

  Would be nice (and save ubuntu's server resources) if apt-get could
  use a proxy/cache opportunisticly, i.e. use it if available and access
  the repositories directly otherwise.

  regards

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