Re: [squid-users] ACLs Implementation help

From: Edmonds Namasenda <namasenda_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:08:38 +0300

Thank you all.

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 12/11/10 01:22, Edmonds Namasenda wrote:
>>
>> No continuous authentication required with every URL accessed or
>> re-directions once the first log-in is accepted.
>
> Understood. That is not possible.
>
> HTTP is by design stateless. Each single TCP connection being able to be
> used identically by both a single end-user browser or a middleware proxy
> serving multiple users. Even if you believe your end-users are all browsers
> you will likely be wrong at some point.
>
That means every URL accessed will ask for a password from the users.
Then password authentication by squid is not advisable for corporate
end users... it is an inconvenience.
>
> Amos
>
I believe I am a better squid administrator than when I joined. Throw me a bone!

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