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-# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.288 2002/10/08 03:07:00 wessels Exp $
+# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.289 2002/10/08 04:27:31 wessels Exp $
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# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
DEFAULT: 0 seconds
DOC_START
- With this option you control how long a proxy authentication
- will be bound to a specific IP address. If a request using
- the same user name is received during this time then access
- will be denied and both users are required to reauthenticate
- themselves. The idea behind this is to make it annoying
- for people to share their password with their friends, but
- yet allow a dialup user to reconnect on a different dialup
- port.
-
- The default is 0 to disable the check. Recommended value
- if you have dialup users are no more than 60 seconds to allow
- the user to redial without hassle. If all your users are
- stationary then higher values may be used.
-
- See also the acl max_user_ip. The max_user_ip acl replaces
- the authenticate_ip_ttl_is_strict option found in earlier
- Squid versions.
+ If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
+ this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
+ addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
+ (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
+ quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
+ using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
+ environment with relatively static address assignments.
DOC_END
NAME: external_acl_type