hi friends,

i am using the Squid cache server's cache manager utility (cachemgr.cgi)
to watch the Squid's performance and statistics. the screen presented by
cachemgr.cgi has 4 fields to be filled in - the host, the port, the
manager name and the password. all is fine if i give values for all the
4 fields - but if i do not specify a manager name i get an 'access
denied' error. 

this is ok, but the strange part is that i just have to give in some
value (any string or even a character) in the manager name field - no
specific value - to get access. it is just that the field has to be
filled. i found it strange and did RTFM - but to no avail. could anyone
please tell me whether it is a feature/behaviour of the cachemgr.cgi
program ? sorry if this is an FAQ. 

i have found from securityfocus.com that it is possible to access web
server data by changing the port value specified and that it is a
security concern too.

thanks in advance,
Hareesh.


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