Scott Howard wrote:
....snip.
> > > You may be able to syncronize a linux server running squid with
> > > windows NT and then write a custom authentication module. I am
> > > inclined to put in the too hard basket though.
> >
> > Au contraire. I had it working reasonably well on one site using
> > the PAM authentication module for squid, and PAM_SMB.
> >
> > The user is still prompted for a password when they connect to
> > squid, but they use the same user name and password as their NT
> > domain account.
>
> Getting squid to use NT for authentication is trivial. Getting it to
> do it without prompting for a password (as MS Proxy/IE) does is a
> different thing all together.
Not a solution, but can you sell the need for a password as a feature
to management? In a conversation yesterday where people now have to
enter a password to www browse outside, suddenly makes them aware that
the logging can now record who it was that went to the porn/non-work
related site. He didn't say whether the change in proceedure had
reduced the amount of non-work sites visited {:-).
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