Hi Amos, thank you very much for your detailed reply. Appreciate the time you've taken. :) i was thinking of a script where squid pipes downloads of type .iso , .exe, .img to a download manager like Axel or Aria2 (segmented downloading). The download manager will act independently. User request comes to --> Squid --> squid pipes/redirects that particular file "get" to the download manager who fetches it 'direct' (without using squid) Would this be possible? Thanks!