Re: [squid-users] Authentication

Gator wrote:
>
> I have been using basic authentication nicely for some time against a
> MySQL database. The problem is that there are several programs - most
> notably TurboTax - that do not give back an authentication challenge.
> Interestingly the help screens in TurboTax indicate that it should deal
> with proxy authentication. There are many others that give me the same
> problem. Most of them are programs that update themselves through the
> web.
>
> This is a problem because I am forcing my users through the proxy by
> disabling port 80. So they have no way to obtain these updates beside
> going through the proxy.
>
> Is there some configuration parameter that would help this problem? For
> instance, once the user is authenticated could I configure Squid to
> accept all requests from that particular IP address for the next hour
> without further authentication? Or any other potential workarounds?
>
> Thanks - Jack

 I suppose if these programs would follow standards,
concerning http and auth protocols foreseen within http
then you would have no problems ...

M.

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