Re: [squid-users] transparent proxy with authentication

Thanks for the comment. I was away for a while.

You have mentioned that such authentication method is somewhat
proprietary since it is not following standard. If I only need to cache
http (port 80) and none other ports, this authentication method should
still be sufficiently good. right?

Kah Yi

-------- Original Message --------
From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
To: Chin Kah Yi <kahyi@kkipc.com>
CC: Squid Users <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Subject: Re:[squid-users] transparent proxy with authentication
Date: 29/10/2005 02:22

> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Chin Kah Yi wrote:
>
>> I see. Do you think the design where cookies were used to keep track
>> of per-user authentication details at client browser is a feasible
>> and good design?
>
>
> It is a hack. And fails badly for all other applications than browsing
> as it is not a standard authentication method so none of the methods
> of specifying the proxy account in other applications works.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
Received on Tue Nov 08 2005 - 06:53:16 MST