Re: [squid-users] Does squid support X-Forwarded-User

On 07/02/2013 03:00 PM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> On 3/07/2013 1:26 a.m., Alex Rousskov wrote:
>> On 07/02/2013 02:34 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>>> On 2/07/2013 6:33 p.m., Blason wrote:
>>>> I know squid support X-Forwarded-For but keen to know if I can use
>>>> X-Forwarded-User so that user authenticated with Proxy can have
>>>> filtering
>>>> done on other Application Control box placed in front of Proxy. And
>>>> Proxy can only be used for caching functionality

>>> No.

>> I have not tested it, but is not X-Forwarded-User supported via
>> request_header_add with an appropriate logformat macro in the value?

> Only for sending. The question was about support for receiving and
> interpreting.

I probably interpreted "in front" the wrong way, sorry. Well, Squid can
certainly receive that header and a Squid helper or adapter can
interpret it, even providing authentication-like capability if needed.

Please note that I am not trying to defend the use of that header for
anything, just indicating that some related functionality is available
even though Squid itself does not treat X-Forwarded-User specially.

Cheers,

Alex.
Received on Tue Jul 02 2013 - 21:39:39 MDT