how to set up a cache proxy server for itunes app store

Question

I want to setup a cache proxy server for apple itunes store to accelerate app downloading in a local lan.

Situation:

• Local internet speed is slow and bandwidth is limited, so it'll take sometime to download whole app from itunes store.
• I want do this to accelerate an app download speed in a wifi hotspot situation. So I only need to accelerate one app's download speed, which will be download many many times by many many people in the local lan.

For itunes app download must have relate to user auth and purchase, it seems there're no obvious way to do the cache.

So is this accelerate possible and how?

Answer 1

This is probably not possible as I think iTunes transmits only over an SSL secured channel and therefore can't be intercepted without a lot of hacking and custom software. I think it's their intent that you cannot easily get the software packages.

Answer 2

iTunes purchases happen over SSL, so that makes this incredibly hard. On top of that, a UUID for each device is now (usually) tied into each download, so that each download is actually slightly different.

This isn't going to work the way you want it to.