Re: [squid-users] proxy authentication for users hidden behing a NAT device

From: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 12:19:27 +1200

 On Mon, 02 May 2011 01:05:14 +0300, Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> On 01/05/2011 23:58, patrick.oeschger_at_bluewin.ch wrote:
>> scenario:
>> users use a client/browser which is located on the company lan using
>> a private IP address
>> the company lan is
>> protected by a firewall which translates all web access into one
>> public IP address
>> the proxy is implemented as a 'cloud
>> service' which does only see the translated (nat'ed) public ip for
>> all clients/browsers in this company
>>
>> i am curious
>>
>> if there exists a solution which works for IE, firefox, opera, ...
>>
>> had a look at:
>> - X-Client-IP header
>> - Flash Local
>> Stored Objects
>> - HTTP Cookies
>> but neither seems to match for my scenario ;(
>>
>> any ideas or has anyone implemented such a
>> solution yet?

 Proper standards compliant HTTP authentication works for all browsers
 regardless of the IP routing tricks.
 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/Authentication

 Amos
Received on Mon May 02 2011 - 00:19:30 MDT

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