Re: [squid-users] Messenger & NTLM authentication

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:00:54 +0100 (CET)
>From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
>To: Antonio Manfreda <antonio.manfreda1@fastwebnet.it>
>cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>Subject: Re: [squid-users] Messenger & NTLM authentication
>
>
>On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Antonio Manfreda wrote:

> I have configured Squid 2.5STABLE4 to use NTLM authentication with Active
> Directory, using external helper wb_group.
>
> I am experiencing a strange problem with Microsoft Messenger.
>
> Even if
>I set up the proxy with username, password and domain in Messenger
> connection settings, when I try to connect to Messenger network I receive
> a messagge saying that proxy authentication didn't work.

Most likely the Messenger version you are usi
g does not support NTLM
authentication to HTTP proxies.

Try makeing sure Basic authentication is enabled as well in your squid
configuration.

Regards
Henrik

###

I'm using Microsoft Messenger 6.1 (latest version).

Unfortunately, I can't use basic authentication because my organization
security policy does not allow password to be transmitted over the network
in clear text.
Received on Wed Jan 07 2004 - 07:41:53 MST