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My work allows the downloading of ISO images for work related projects. However the proxy we use has issues when downloading from FTP sites. I should also mention that downloading large files over http through this proxy is not ideal. It "caches" the whole file to the proxy before it sends it on to your download client. You lose resume support, and it often stops transferring files.
One thing I noticed though is that port 22 (SSH) doesn't have any proxy or firewall restrictions. My plan is to download any ISOs I require through a SFTP server, except I can't find any.
Are there any public SFTP servers that host Linux and/or FreeBSD ISOs?
When using the http proxy a download-manager tool might be able to get the large file correctly and provide resume support as well. The proxy has to support "range" request, but nearly every modern proxy can do this without problems. – Tonny – 2013-08-23T13:09:09.933
You should use the fastest download option. You need to verify it's checksum anyway before going on. – ott-- – 2013-08-23T19:11:04.623