[squid-users] Re: PAM vs NCSA

From: Adam Aube <aaube01@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 22:44:22 -0400

Varun wrote:

> PAM vs NCSA auth which is better and why ?

Neither is better - each is best suited for certain needs.

NCSA is best used when you don't have an existing authentication structure
and just need a basic password file to authenticate against.

PAM is useful if you want to use your system's native authentication.

If you want to authenticate just Squid (not your entire system) against an
authentication backend (such as LDAP or MS Active Directory), you should
use a helper designed for that.

Adam
Received on Tue Jun 29 2004 - 20:42:19 MDT

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