Re: [squid-users] Authentication reappears to often

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Stefan Thomas wrote:

> The popup appeares eacht time after closing the browser. This behavior
> is very unlovely for the users (600).

This is due to how the browser works. The login is only cached in the
browser for the duration of the browser session.

Most browsers allows saving of the password in the user profile,
eleminating this repeated login at the cost of some security.

> The second problem is: What´s up with the programs running in the
> background (i.e windows update) which needs internet access for updating?
>
> They also have to authenticate.
>
> Is there a workaround for this problems ?? Any ideas or solutions ??

The easiest is to allow access to the sites required by these programs
without requiring authentication. See Squid FAQ chapter 10 Access
Controls.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Tue Aug 10 2004 - 03:17:12 MDT