Re: [squid-users] FW: Java authentication under SquidNT 2.6 STABLE 14 using NTLM

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:48:25 +0200

> On tis, 2007-09-18 at 20:34 +0100, Paul Cocker wrote:
> > Under the advise of the 3rd party I have added the following to
> > squid.conf
> >
> > acl Java browser Java/1.4 Java/1.5 Java/1.6
> > http_access allow Java
> >
> > This appears to resolve the issue. However I would like to better
> > understand it the above line, and whether it is an acceptable full-time
> > solution, or merely a workaround.

On 19.09.07 00:50, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> It's a workaround, allowing Java clients access without the need to
> authenticateto the proxy.

which means that whoever will put "Java/1.4" into browser's user
identification string, will be allowed to use proxy without authentication

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