Re: [squid-users] Windows Live , with proxy auth

Augusto Casagrande wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm runnig Squid 3.0.STABLE19 , using plain proxy auth (auth_param
> basic program /usr/sbin/pam_auth).
> Some time ago , I had troubles when trying to login to Windows Live
> Messenger. It began to causing problems when i enable the proxy auth.
> I could not make it work. My solution was installing Pidgin http://pidgin.im/ .
>
> In Microsoft's page
> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B927847&x=1&y=8 , quote
> :
> Users behind some authenticating proxy servers may experience sign-in
> issues. They might have to configure the proxy servers to force
> authentication for the following User Agent string: MSN Explorer/9.0
> (MSN 8.0; TmstmpExt). To do this, users should see the documentation
> for their proxy server or contact their network administrator.
>
> Is this the fix for this issue? How can i implement it?

Depends on exactly what they mean by "force". Having auth turned on is
the problem. Turning it on will not fix that.

Pidgin is a good replacement for MSN. It lets users who want other
non-MSN chat protocols to use them without needing additional software
installed.

Amos

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