RE: [SQU] Squid-2.3.STABLE4 w/ Linux 2.2.13 - getting proxy_auth andtransparent proxying to work together

Unfortunately what I referred to was SSL inspection at the Proxy server,
not related to transparent proxying :[

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Cooper [mailto:joe@swelltech.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:17 AM
> To: Santosh Narayanan
> Cc: squid-users@ircache.net
> Subject: Re: [SQU] Squid-2.3.STABLE4 w/ Linux 2.2.13 - getting
> proxy_auth andtransparent proxying to work together
>
>
> They will not work together. Transparent web caches cannot work with
> authentication (Robert mentioned a few days ago, in response
> to one of
> the many many many times this question has been asked, that
> there may be
> a trick for Windows IE clients to work this way...but I don't
> know it,
> and I haven't heard that he's figured it out either).
>
> When operating transparently there is only one spot in the
> headers for
> authentication to go, and if the proxy is using it, then origin sites
> can't. And vice versa. Something's got to give, so it don't work.
>
> Speaking of frequently asked questions...is this not on the
> list? I did
> a quick check just now (easier to provide a link than an
> explanation),
> but didn't see it under auth or transparency, in my cursory glance.
>
> Santosh Narayanan wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working on a proxy server using squid-2.3.STABLE4 with
> Linux 2.2.13
> > (Slackware). I've been trying to get the proxy_auth feature (using
> > ncsa_auth) working with transparent proxying.
> >
> > What happens is this:
> >
> > When I enable transparent proxying on the server the browser shows a
> > authentication dialog box and accepts the username and
> password. However
> > even on giving the right username/password it just keeps showing the
> > authentication box.
> >
> > When I disable transparent proxying on the server and set the proxy
> > server address manually in my browser settings the
> authentication works
> > fine.
> >
> > Now I read a post in the squid-users list archives
> >
> (http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/199810/0204.html)
> > that asked to change HDR_PROXY_AUTHENTICATE in src/client_side.c to
> > HDR_WWW_AUTHENTICATE etc - but the squid-2.3.STABLE4 source
> doesn't have a
> > HDR_PROXY_AUTHENTICATE in the client_side.c file.
> >
> > I would really appreciate if anyone could give me a pointer
> as to how I
> > can use the proxy_auth along with transparent proxying?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > -- Santosh
>
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