Re: [squid-users] PAM auth with transparent proxy

* Varun <varun@sriaurobindoashram.com> [20050626 06:30]: wrote:
> Hello,
> Will PAM work with transparent proxy ?

I should think the answer to this is a FAQ.
While reading squid.conf to solve another problem with transparent
proxying, I saw this comment:

# WARNING: authenitcation can't be used in a transparently
# intercepting proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an
# origin server and not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the
# TCP/IP protocol to transparently intercepting port 80, not a
# limitation in Squid.

(there is a typo in the file - s/authenitcation/authentication/)

This has made me go thinking hard .... I wanted to use the very same
trick ;)

I also saw another interesting comment:

# WARNING: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy. It
# collides with any authentication done by origin servers. It may
# seem like it works at first, but it doesn't.

Please go and look at the FAQ. If you get a way, kindly CC me on
your solution.

-Wash

http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

--
+======================================================================+
    |\      _,,,---,,_     | Odhiambo Washington    <wash@wananchi.com>
Zzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd.   www.wananchi.com
   |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9  +254 20 313922
  '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)     | GSM: +254 722 743223   +254 733 744121
+======================================================================+
"I'm willing to sacrifice anything for this cause, even other people's
lives"