Re: [squid-users] Limiting to 1 IP address / routers?

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2010 22:15:22 +1200

J. Webster wrote:
> Is squid somehow checking the local IP address then? My proxy is a
> public proxy so any person accessing it does so with a WAN IP. How
> does squid know that it is a different computer accessing it to block
> them or is it the ncsa auth that is doing some check? I only want 1
> IP to access it but thought that 1 WAN IP might be ok in some cases
> to have 2 computers behind it. I don't want someone to give out their
> username so that someone else can use that name from another location
> (another WAN).

Squid records the IPs which each login credentials are received from.

ACL can be configured to match only when the count of addresses hits a
certain number. Or to block login from certain IP ranges.

You really need to read the wiki FAQ about authentication.

Amos

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