[squid-users] question on authenticate_ip_ttl

Hi,

By reading through the comments for the directive "authenticate_ip_ttl" in
squid.conf, I got the impression that users from the same IP address
won't be asked to reauthenticate (even for a new browser) for the TTL
period. I set the TTL to 1 hour, but I'm asked to authenticate for every
new browser I open.

1) Is this normal behavior?
2) I had authenticate_ip_ttl_is_strict turned on and Squid let me browse
from two different machines with the same login, except for a few warnings
in cache.log. What, then, is its purpose?
3) My objective is to get rid of the annoying authentication window every
time I open a new browser. Is there a way to achieve this (without hacking
the source)?

I searched through the archives, but couldn't find a satisfactory
answer. squid-2.4.STABLE2 on FreeBSD 4.4, MSNT authentication.

Thanks,
Chandrasekar
Received on Thu Apr 11 2002 - 15:06:55 MDT