On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1. Who does create the challenge for the user? Squid or the helper?
Squid.
> 2. In the case it is Squid, what does it pass to the helper on stdin?
> 3. And how does the helper reply? OK or ERR as usual?
2,3 is documented in the squid.conf comments
=== Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
"program" cmdline
Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
replies with the appropriate H(A1) value base64 encoded.
See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
See also the operation of the operation of the digest_pw_auth helper as
reference.
> 4. What is intended for HHA1, since I can find no reference to it in
> RFC2617? Maybe a different notation?
Search for H(A1) and you will find the correct references.
Regards
Henrik
