Re: [squid-users] username password without ncsa auth

On 09.10.2012 07:05, forums wrote:
> Is there a way to accept username/password combos in squid without
> using ncsa?

Of course. NCSA is just a simple database format which uses crypto
hashes to store the passwords.

There is a wide selection of Basic authentication helpers bundled with
Squid to access other auth backends, and you can even write your own
trivially if you have some form of strange custom backend.

There is also other types of authentication. Such as Kerberos and NTLM
for windows integration (although if you are not already using it stay
away from NTLM).

> I see a lot of settings in Windows and things like Slingplayer where
> you can save the username/pwd combo in their settings without being
> presented with a browser prompt to ask for them.

That is a client software feature. Nothing to do with Squid or HTTP.
The transfer protocol makes no determination about how or where the
credentials are stored and fetched from.

Amos
Received on Mon Oct 08 2012 - 22:44:00 MDT