Re: [squid-users] DSL ISP will require authentication: can squid provide login/passw??

they are probably using pppoe for authentication. this would require you
to simply authenticate to get on the network in the first place, and
they wouldn't need to mess around configuring ports for this and that.

i am not sure what authentication on a dsl line has to do with cable
piracy, i would be more concerned about privacy, ie i wouldn't want them
monitoring my traffic, but what to do. i guess it IS good marketing data
for them.

i am not sure that squid is what you want to use to try to accomplish
the authentication thing.

first, verify that they ARE using pppoe, if so do a google search, i
found lots of results myself.

if my guess is wrong, my apologies.

best,

Waitman Gobble

On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 14:23, Depto Suporte wrote:
    Hi,
    
    My DSL provider will soon require login and password for web navigation. I
    think they will implement transparent proxying (ports 80, 443) with
    authentication. It seems that it has something to do with fighting cable
    piracy.
    
    The problem is: I have a linux gateway which is a proxy for a dozen internal
    users, and is connected to that DSL provider. Those users already provide
    login/password for proxy authentication at the linux gateway level. So far
    it has been working perfectly.
    
    Now there is this new ISP authentication: I don't know what is going to
    happen. Maybe will the users be prompted twice when they open their
    browsers? But then, I would need to provide the ISP login/password to ALL
    users in the LAN (in addition to the local squid login/passwords they
    already use every day).
    
    Can squid handle this and hide the new ISP authentication from the internal
    users? Can the authentication (with the ISP) be automated by squid?
    
    The ISP doesn't have a solution for linux, but they say (?) it will work for
    windows servers. (I don't know enough to confirm if this is possible with
    windows proxies).
    
    Thanks,
    
    baires.
    
    
    
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Received on Tue Oct 22 2002 - 19:51:25 MDT