Ssl – Squid authentication encryption

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I use Squid and the users must authenticate. The users are authenticating in cleartext. I found tutorials about stunnel (http://www.jeffyestrumskas.com/?page_id=3), but the clients also need this software.

Is there no possibility that for user authentication SSL (or some other encryption technology) can be used?.

Thanks.

Best Answer

You could use HTTP Digest authentication with squid. This way the passwords would not be passed clear-text. This is quite easy to configure, no certificated needed, little overhead. I have successfully used it for some time in a small company.

There are some problems with this approach, though:

  • Many HTTP clients have digest authentication implementation broken.
  • You will probably not be able to use your current ('encrypted') password database.
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