On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 19:16:53 +1300 (NZDT) David Zanetti 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Steven Sporen wrote:
> 
> > Does squid re-authenticate (using proxy_auth) at regular intervals? 
> > Could I implement a time bassed access system on squid? It 
> > looks to me like once a user has authenticated then the user is 
> > granted access.
> 
> [squid.conf]
> #  TAG: authenticate_ttl
> #       The time a checked username/password combination remains cached
> #       (default 3600). If a wrong password is given for a cached user,
> #       the user gets removed from the username/password cache forcing
> #       a revalidation.
> #
> #authenticate_ttl 3600


I think that's different, isn't it... doesn't that just let squid cache 
the results of the authenticate_program?

I believe the username/password is resent with each HTTP method, so 
effectively the user is reauthenticated (based on all the 'acl' rules) 
when each object is fetched, data sent, etc.

  - Bob


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