Re: proxy_auth & accelerator mode

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> Ellis Ragan wrote:
>
> > change my Squid proxy to be an accelerator only, it does not work
> > with the proxy_auth acl.
>
> Proxy Authentication does NOT work for accelerators. This is how HTTP
> works. If you want authentication on a accelerator then you need to
> implement this at the origin server.

I now have a preleminary patch that addresses this and a number of other
authentication issues that has come up during the last few weeks. See
http://hem.passagen.se/hno/squid/

Summary of fixes/features:
* proxy_auth and FTP icons
* proxy_auth and accelerators
* Auto authentication to peers
* Auto logon to specific HTTP servers

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Henrik Nordström
Spare time Squid hacker