Re: [squid-users] Alteon + squid

Problem with client based approaches is basic and digest authentication
browser-side credentials caching..

I don't see from where you find that NTLM auth has a problem with URL load
balancing.. NTLM is between the browser and the first proxy contacted, so is
Basic/Digest.

Regards
Henrik

Chemolli Francesco (USI) wrote:
> I think you're getting the problem from the wrong angle.
> If you really want to do url-based load-balancing
> (and I really think you shouldn't, it's not worth the effort),
> I think you'd better do it at the client level.
> Doing otherwise means IMO to go into big BIG hairy messes
> when you account for NTLM auth and its damned
> connection-orientedness.

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