Re: [squid-users] IP passthrough the cache

From: Laurent HENRY <laurent.henry@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:04:32 +0100

hi, i know it but it won't help me to solve my problem, it is not my fault
afterall if the service provider have a poor architecture...
I don't understand why it seems it sees the X-Forwarded-for for some clients
and not from others...

For Neil, by the contacts we have, Unix clients doesn't seem to exist in his
economic model, nothing new under the sun...

Le Vendredi 24 Janvier 2003 09:49, vous avez écrit :
> "Neil A. Hillard" wrote:
> > Laurent,
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Laurent HENRY wrote:
> > > To answer Neal, if the provider would want to accept my proxy all would
> > > be easier you are right, but he insists on his system of per-IP licence
> > > !
> >
> > In that case, question him how he would handle a Unix box with multiple
> > users (e.g. multiple X terminals served from it)... That would give the
> > same problem.
> >
> > IP based security in this instance is too much hassle. Presumably you
> > have to be on a permanent connection, dial-up users would not be able to
> > access the service since most ISPs do not allocate static addresses...
>
> And most corporate users are behind firewalls (or at least should be..)
> which hide their internal IP addresses, only showing a single or handful
> IP addresses for all users from the same corporation.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
Received on Fri Jan 24 2003 - 04:04:38 MST

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