[squid-users] Re: negotiate auth scheme confusing windows users

From: Markus Moeller <huaraz_at_moeller.plus.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:02:02 -0000

To get more debug use squid_kerb_auth -d. If it is a Windows 7 client it
might be an encryption type issue. Windows 7 may use AES which is not
configured on your Unix squid server.

Markus

"Brian J. Murrell" <brian_at_interlinx.bc.ca> wrote in message
news:loom.20110110T195547-907_at_post.gmane.org...
>I have the following configured for authentication in my squid 3.1.1
>server:
>
> auth_param negotiate program /usr/lib/squid3/squid_kerb_auth
> auth_param negotiate children 10
> auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
> auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/pam_auth
> auth_param basic children 3
> auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
> auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
> auth_param basic casesensitive off
>
> Which works just fine in my all-linux-and-firefox-and-chromium network.
>
> Every now and then though a Windows (7) user comes into the network and
> for
> whatever reason proxy authentication doesn't work on those nodes.
>
> My guess is that windows is trying to do Negotiate authentication but
> squid is
> not able to understand what it's sending. Am I close? Any solutions?
>
> Cheers,
> b.
>
>
>
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