Re: [squid-users] transparent proxy with authentication

Are there anyone out there who has configured squid to perform this kind
of cacheing before? i.e. squid on wccp with cisco router while providing
http authentication to end-users.

If there is none and I wish doing so, would it really be possible?

kahyi

-------- Original Message --------
From: Chin Kah Yi <kahyi@kkipc.com>
To: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>, Squid Users
<squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Subject: Re:[squid-users] transparent proxy with authentication
Date: 8/11/2005 21:53

> 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 Wed Nov 09 2005 - 06:05:22 MST