Re: [squid-users] Proxy authentication bypass

From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:11:04 +1000

Hi,

On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 09:51, P. Alex. Salamanca R. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm behind a proxy server at my college, that requires
> authentication, but I need use some programs that does not support
> proxy authentication (e.g. matlab)
>
> Someone told me that I can use SQUID as a second proxy and this
> should be authenticated in such form that network requests submitted
> from the machine do not require authentication.
>
> But, really I don't have very clear ideas for how to use SQUID, or
> another tool...
>
> Any help would be grateful!!

Set the authenticating squid as a parent (see cache_peer directive in
squid.conf) and you can provide your squid with the username and
password and point the apps at your squid.

Colin

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