Re: [squid-users] Re: secure authentication on squid

From: Jose Araujo <jlaraujo@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:41:51 +0000

Ilya wrote:

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> Subject:
> Re: secure authentication on squid
> From:
> "Ilya" <quiz@gorodok.net>
> Date:
> Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:58:03 +0600
> To:
> "Hegedus, Ervin" <airween@amit.hu>
>
>
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:36:28 +0100
>
>>> Hello!
>>> I need to install squid(2.4 or 2.5) on Linux. The clients are
>>> running on both windows and linux operating systems. It is needed to
>>> pass username/password for authentication from client to squid in
>>> encrypted form, not plain text, not base64.
>>
>> you can't do this, cause impossible by HTTP proto.
>
I may be wrong, but maybe you can try to use digest password auth.

That way, the password is sent encrypted.

>>
>>
>> you can do this, you use secure connections between proxy and
>> clients.
>> see archivum.
>>
>>
>> bye:
>> air
>
>
> Hello!
> Sorry, but I didn`t exactly understand what you mean. If it is
> impossible by HTTP proto, then what should I use? And what archivum do
> you mean? If you mean the archive of the mail lists, then I`ve tried
> to find there.
> Can you give me a link?
>
> With best regards.
> Ilya.

Just my .02 cents

Jose Araujo
Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 10:23:43 MST

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