Re: [squid-users] squid on windows domain users

Vicks wrote:
> dear friends,
>
> i m from india & is using a 2 Mbps Leased Line connection, distributing it through windows 2003 server with squid & ip based filtering.
> frequently i suffer from problems like ip conflicts bcoz users who dnt hav internet facility track the ip on which internet is available & changes them.
>
> what is the remedy to this.
> is there a solution like this.
> for all computers that need to hav internet facility, should be in domain of the system on which squid is installed & only these will have internet facility & no other computer on LAN can access internet, dsnt matter what its IP is.
>
> whts ur opinions frnds?
>

Use some form of authentication. Squid is capable of ActiveDirectory auth.
  http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples

What you have described so far is a basic network security failure
usually seen on Windows NetBIOS networks (users being able to detect
other users IPs and perform privilege escalation).

Amos

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