RE: [squid-users] FW: Allowing streaming media through NTLM Authentication

Mauricio Silveira wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm somehow "Happy" I'm not alone with this problem...
>
> I'm having this problem since squid 2.6STABLE9... (ALWAYS)
>
> I've tried everything possible without success...
>
> Let's try to get some progress on this matter, I'll dedicate some time
> to this soon (still this week or the next at most)
>
> If you have any progress, please post it here.
>
> Let's be sure of the problem... try accessing these radios:
>
> http://www.radios.com.br/emissoras/transa_prpop.htm
> http://www.radios.com.br/emissoras/transa_sppop.htm
>
>
> The former uses http as protocol, so it will ask for user/password,
> the latter uses mms as protocol, so it won't ask for user/password.

I get the same results using squid-2.6.STABLE13-1.RHEL4.

I have had to disable NTLM authentication (easy fix) for some sites with
streaming media but to be honest I have not had the time to fully
investigate the cause.

Dean

>
> As far as my small brain knows... that's mms that should be giving
> headaches, not the http one!
>
> Please post back if you get the same results, I have to show my boss
> I'm right, I'm not alone and i DO KNOW how to configure squid. :D
>
> I'll post here if I get it working, let's flame this discussion.... I
> see everyone trying to get rid of streamings, but not trying to get it
> working without these "imperfections".
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mauricio
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Apologies if this has been discussed before but I couldn't find a
>> solution for my exact problem in the archives.
>>
>> I run Squid 2.6STABLE13 and have configured it to use NTLM
>> authentication for all client requests. This is working properly for
>> standard traffic but I am hitting a problem with streaming media.
>>
>> I'm aware that most streaming media can't handle NTLM authentication
>> automatically and therefore when a user tries to access streaming
>> media a login box pops up. I don't want the users being asked to
>> authenticate so I'm trying to come up with a solution to instruct
>> the proxy server to not authenticate the streaming media.
>>
>> I've tried matching on the streaming media mime types but ran into
>> the problem in that the mime type is in the response and not the
>> request and it is the request that is authenticated.
>>
>> Has anyone dealt with this issue before and how did you go about
>> allowing streaming media through an authenticated proxy?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Mathew Archibald
Received on Tue Aug 07 2007 - 05:13:51 MDT