RE: [squid-users] ntlm authentication

> Then how does squid define whether a current http-request
> belongs to an authorized user or not? In HTTP authentication
> scheme each http-request contains username|password, which
> help squid (or authentication helper) to identify user.

Once the _connection_ has been authenticated via NTLM, multiple requests
can be sent over the authenticated connection. It's different from http
authentication where the _request_ contains the credentials.

~ Daniel

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Received on Mon Oct 13 2003 - 10:35:59 MDT