Re: [squid-users] rare auth

On Thursday 17 November 2005 17:26, Efren Bravo wrote:
> Please take a look to this network layout:
>
> (Enterprise LAN)
> | |+Squid to internet and Users Auth
> | +LAN PCs
> router
> |
> (Enterprise Substation LAN)
> |+Squid
> +LAN PCs
>
> The Enterprise's Squid has all the users who has access to internet
> including all their substations' users as well.
>
> Is there a way that Substation's users pass through their Squid and to
> be authenticated by Enterprise's Squid?

Yes. Just don't enforce/run authentication on the "lower" Squid. Forward
the requests to the "higher" Squid which will ask for authentication. This
authentication request (HTTP return code 407) is returned to the client.
So in the end authentication is handled through the "lower" Squid.

 Christoph

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