Re: [squid-users] reverse proxy and single sign-on

juan romero wrote:
> Hello users
>
> First I want to apologize if any of my questions has been asked already.
>
> I have two web applications running on my lan, every application has a main page with a box where you introduce an user and a password in order to log in that application, The applications are company made so I can not access/modify the code.
>
> I want to have a reverse proxy and a single sign-on so my costumers can connect to the applications from the internet, they will have just a main page and they will need just to introduce user and name once to log into a page that will link both applications, both user and password are the same in both applications.
>
> I have never use Squid and I wan to know if Squid is the right solution (pros/cons) to accomplish the requirements I wrote already. I just don't know if using Squid will full fit all the goals with a regular (time/effort) investment.
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> Any help or idea will be very nice from you people
>
> Regards
>
> Juan Romero
>

Without knowing anything about the applications, I'd have to guess that
the login boxes they use each set a cookie (and a different cookie for
each). The cookie corresponds to a "session" that the application keeps
track of. There is no way for Squid to control such a session.

Chris
Received on Sat Aug 16 2008 - 02:37:46 MDT