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-# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.240 2001/11/20 12:26:58 hno Exp $
+# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.241 2001/11/23 23:38:52 hno Exp $
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# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
spaces). This also means that % must be written as %%.
use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
- the upstream proxy. Note: To combine this with
- proxy_auth both proxies must share the same user
+ 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.
Also be warned that this will expose your users proxy
- password to the parent. USE WITH CAUTION
+ password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant