Re: [SQU] Credentials forwarding?

Ermm - has anyone had a chance to look over the patch I sent in creating a
cache_peer option for forwarding authentication?

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@hem.passagen.se>
To: "Chemolli Francesco (USI)" <ChemolliF@GruppoCredit.it>
Cc: "'squid users mailing list'" <squid-users@ircache.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [SQU] Credentials forwarding?

> Chemolli Francesco (USI) wrote:
> >
> > I've noticed that it's possible to supply a "login=user:pass"
> > option to the cache_peer configuration option.
> >
> > What I'd like to do is forwarding the credentials that the user
> > supplied, given that all caches have the same user database.
> >
> > Is it possible? If so, how? Thanks.
>
>
> Currently the proxy authentication forwarding mechanisms in Squid is
> utterly flawed.
>
> What should be done is that the current "forward unless used locally"
> mechanism should be ripped out, and instead a cache_peer option should
> be added. This also partly applies when doing www-authentication in
> accelerators.
>
> Search for PROXY_AUTH in http.c, and you will notice the flawed if
> statements I am talking about.
>
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> Henrik Nordstrom
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Received on Sun Dec 17 2000 - 03:00:36 MST