RE: [SQU] Authentication prompts

> I have a problem with user authentication.
> A user http to a site, and the site returns a request for
> user name and
> password. Inserting the user name and password, I get
> prompted again, and
> the retry limit is reached and the access forbidden screen appears.
> However if I bypass squid to the same site, I can login
> without a problem.
> The only item I have noticed, is that the web site is NT, and is the
> authentication screen shows "user password and domain"
> althought the domain
> is not required to loin to the server.

That site is using NTLM (aka internet-explorer-won't-ask-the-password)
authentication. That authentication scheme is not proxy-able by
design (dumb Microsoft). Reconfigure the server to enable Basic
authentication,
or don't use a proxy (ANY proxy) to access it.

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	/kinkie
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