Re: [squid-users] Using multiple auth scheme types in one squid instance?

Adrian wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> Squid does not differentiate the types of auth a user has done.
>> It tries all methods its configured with (in the order configured) until
>> one succeeds. The common way to do this appears to be to use the
>> least-accepting method first and failover to the most-accepting. Or
>> vice-versa depending on the situation.
>
> I want to put 'trusted' users through NTLM fakeauth so I can capture
> their usernames without bothering them with a popup auth box. For the
> 'untrusted' user subnets, I want to give them a popup box and make
> them authenticate.
>
> Since fakeauth will always pass, I can't just configure the schemes in
> succession. I was thinking of writing my own fakeauth code which
> rejected anything in my 'untrusted' IP list forcing it to the next auth
> scheme, but I don't think the IP address is passed to authenticate
> scheme by squid to check against?
>
> Any other ideas?

Not really. The kind of thing you are trying to do is not commonly
spoken of around here. So we don't have any standard easy way of doing it.

Amos

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