From 65fca573ee169505623b4b67fed527a261884fa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hno <> Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 23:03:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #1238: Explain the login= cache_peer option more clearly --- src/cf.data.pre | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/cf.data.pre b/src/cf.data.pre index 8c27869862..9f994933b8 100644 --- a/src/cf.data.pre +++ b/src/cf.data.pre @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # -# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.374 2005/02/09 13:01:40 serassio Exp $ +# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.375 2005/02/19 16:03:33 hno Exp $ # # # SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/ @@ -543,11 +543,13 @@ DOC_START spaces). This also means % must be written as %%. use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against - the upstream proxy. This will pass the users credentials - as they are to the peer proxy. This only works for the - Basic HTTP authentication sheme. Note: To combine this - with proxy_auth both proxies must share the same user - database as HTTP only allows for one proxy login. + the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy + configuration, the origin web server. This will pass + the users credentials as they are to the peer. + This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme. + Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must + share the same user database as HTTP only allows for + one proxy login. Also be warned this will expose your users proxy password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION -- 2.39.5