Release notes: spotlight key_extras feature

diff --git a/doc/release-notes/release-3.5.sgml b/doc/release-notes/release-3.5.sgml
index d1837d4660835e33d7bcf503263d334582d93209..f8dbc8fde36860c7852f4a40b9929917237c7c31 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/release-notes/release-3.5.sgml
+++ b/doc/release-notes/release-3.5.sgml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The 3.5 change history can be <url url="http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v3/3
 <p>The most important of these new features are:
 <itemize>
        <item>Support libecap v1.0
+       <item>Authentication helper query extensions
 </itemize>
 
 Most user-facing changes are reflected in squid.conf (see below).
@@ -56,6 +57,20 @@ Most user-facing changes are reflected in squid.conf (see below).
    due to API changes.
 
 
+<sect1>Authentication helper query extensions
+<p>Details at <url url="http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/auth_param/">.
+
+<p>The new <em>key_extras</em> parameter allows sending of additional
+  details to the authentication helper beyond the minimum required for
+  the HTTP authentication. This is primarily intended to allow switching
+  of authentication databases based on criteria such as client IP subnet,
+  Squid receiving port, or in reverse-proxy the requested domain name.
+
+<p>In theory any <em>logformat</em> code may be used, however only the
+  codes which have available details at the time of authentication
+  will send any meaningful detail.
+
+
 <sect>Changes to squid.conf since Squid-3.4
 <p>
 There have been changes to Squid's configuration file since Squid-3.4.