Re: Authentication bug in Squid 2.2S4

From: Duane Wessels <wessels@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:32:42 -0600

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Steven Sporen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I picked up a problem with the way the authentication works in squid.
> Currently when squid uses an authenticator it sends out a line in the form
> <username> <password>
>
> The problem comes in when the user enters a username with a space in it
> then the second part or surname will be interpreted as the password. The
> solution is to convert the space in the username to a %20 the way it currently

I know that a number of people wanted to change squid-auth interface.
Does anyone have a proposal that (hopefully) is flexible enough for
everyone and won't require changing again in the near future?

Duane W.
Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 13:15:59 MDT

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