RE: [squid-users] Crafted URL for login

From: Chris Robertson <crobertson@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 09:38:21 -0900

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Gillon [mailto:TGILLON@ccm.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:04 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] Cardte URL for login
>
>
> I'm somewhat of a squid neophyte, so please bear with me. Is
> there a way to have a squid box authenticate via a URL, such as:
>
> http://proxy.company.com:3128/login?url=3Dhttp://place.iwantovisit.com
>
> instead of having the user configure their browser with the
> *.pac file address?
>
> I've seen links other schools are using via the EZProxy
> product, and was wondering if Squid had such a mechanism and
> how to implement it.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>

Squid can not do this out of the box. It might be possible using redirectors (http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-15.html), and an external_acl_type...

Other options for using a *.pac are available, and are probably far more simple. http://nscsysop.hypermart.net/setproxy.html You've obviously found option #1.

Chris
Received on Thu Dec 08 2005 - 11:38:26 MST

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