Re: [squid-users] Authentication on server side instead of client? is that possible?

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Roland Roland <R_O_L_A_N_D_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> hope this is possible to implement..
>
> i've read squid.conf.default over and over again with no luck or simply no
>  understanding of what i'm looking for..
>
> is there a way that squid can authenticate with a certain website instead of
> having every client on the network doing so ?
>
> in other words, i have a site that 20 users use daily though having a shared
> password is not favorable..
> so is there a way to do so on the server  and then all clients gets served
> an allready authenticated session to that site?
> is that feasible?

yes. See http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/cache_peer/ (in
particular the login= option to cache_peer)

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    /kinkie