Re: [squid-users] Is there an IE script/wrapper/hack to send username to squid?

Adrian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have my own squid authenticator that works nicely but people
> get sick of having to type their credentials in each time IE loads.
>
> Does anyone know of a launcher script or program that will tell
> IE to enter a username/password (even from a text file)
> when it hits the squid proxy? I'm not fussy about the
> password - it could be a generic one as long as the user
> couldn't change the username the launcher is sending and I
> can change the code of the authenticator.
>
> There doesn't seem to be any useful command line switches for
> IE but perhaps there's a 3rd party application or some registry
> hack? Surely it must be a common problem or does everyone
> just use IIS?!
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian.

I get the impression most people with clients on windows use NTLM one
way or another to authenticate the users machine login before the login
box occurs.

Amos

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