Re: [squid-users] WWW-Authenticate

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:18:04 +1200

yuval wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am Squid3 newbie and I need some help.
>
>
> I have web server that require user credentials and therefore reply:
> HTTP/1.1 401 Authorization Required\r\n
>
> WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate\r\n
>
>
> But the squid change the reply to
>
> HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
>
> And omit the WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate\r\n
>
> How do I configure Squid3 to pass the reply as is?

Squid3 is not fully HTTP 1.1 compliant, it can;t handle some of the
basic minimum needs.
Bad things start to happen if it passes the 1.1 through unchanged.

Looks like you are probably using 3.0.STABLE2 or STABLE3? They have
seriously broken auth as you saw. Try an upgrade to STABLE5 or later.

Amos

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Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE3 or 3.0.STABLE8
Received on Tue Jul 29 2008 - 16:18:07 MDT

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