Re: [squid-users] Looking for authentication ideas

Yes i realize that but it would be an internal site. Or I was also trying to
figure out a way to have someone create a request then I authroize it some
how. I was using AD for my squid authorization but i was having trouble
creating the AD accounts password field via LDAP.....

Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:24:30 -0700 (PDT), skinnyzaz
> <bradzazulak_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> First I will let you know what I am trying to do. I am looking for some
> way
>> to have users create there own user names and passwords from a website
> of
>> some sort. And then have squid authenticate from the accounts created
> from
>> the website. I have been looking for a couple months but am starting to
> run
>> out of ideas. Does anyone have any idea of how this is possible?
>
> Your idea collapses into a simple case of: popup the auth login and accept
> anything that is entered.
>
> Squid bundles with fake authenticators for testing that does exactly that.
> For the older versions there is
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/LoggingOnly
>
>
> You seem to be stuck in the idea that having a auth popup alone makes
> things secure. The entire purpose of an authentication is to control who
> gets access. Allowing random people to add themselves anonymously is not a
> good idea.
>
> Amos
>
>
>

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