How do I add authentication to Squid?

How do I add authentication to Squid?

Pre-requisites for Squid Authentication

  1. $ sudo yum install httpd.
  2. $ sudo yum install squid.
  3. $ sudo vim /etc/squid/squid.conf.
  4. auth_param basic realm proxy.
  5. acl auth_users proxy_auth REQUIRED.
  6. http_access allow auth_users.
  7. http_access deny all.
  8. $ sudo htpasswd -c /etc/squid/users_passwd squid.

How do I enable authentication on Squid proxy?

jackblk/squid_proxy_tutorial.md

  1. Note. This tutorial is for Ubuntu & Squid3.
  2. Install squid & update. sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install squid3 sudo apt-get install apache2-utils.
  3. Setup the password store.
  4. Config squid proxy.
  5. Start the squid service.
  6. Restart the squid service and try proxy.
  7. Caution.

How do I know if my Squid proxy is working?

Configure Client to Use Squid Proxy Now to test that your proxy server is working or not, you may open Firefox and go to Edit –> Preferences –> Advanced –> Network –> Settings and select “Manual proxy configuration” and enter your proxy server IP address and Port to be used for all connection as it follows.

How do I bypass Squid proxy?

How to Bypass the Squid Proxy

  1. Log in to your computer.
  2. Uncheck the tick-boxes for “Automatically Detect Settings,” “Use automatic configuration script” and “Use a proxy server for your LAN.” Click “OK” to any open dialog boxes and close Internet Explorer.
  3. Press “WIN” and “R” at the same time.

What is Basic_ncsa_auth?

DESCRIPTION. basic_ncsa_auth allows Squid to read and authenticate user and password information from an NCSA/Apache httpd-style password file when using basic HTTP authentication. This password file can be manipulated using htpasswd.

How do I install Htpasswd?

  1. Step 1 — Install the Apache Utilities Package. We’ll install a utility called htpasswd , part of the apache2-utils package to manage usernames and passwords with access to restricted content.
  2. Step 2 — Create the Password File.
  3. Step 3 — Configure Apache Password Authentication.
  4. Step 4 — Confirm Password Authentication.

How do I view Squid logs?

Check this path /var/log/squid/access. log. Also, you can use tail -f /var/log/squid/access. log | grep -i to view the current session logs.

What port does Squid listen by default?

port 3128
By default, Squid launches a session listening on port 3128.

How to setup user authentication in SquidGuard?

There are two different ways how to setup user authentication: based on the username delivered by squid or by using LDAP roles (this implies that you either use squidGuard 1.2.1 or higher or have patched your squidGuard with the LDAP patches from Chris Frey ). In order to achieve this you must configure your squid to authenticate your users.

How does squid handle login/pass data?

Then the helper examines the information and if login/pass data is correct, it replies proxy server. After that Squid checks user’s access rights and either gives access or displays 407 HTTP error, in case authentication has failed. Squid package includes helpers that are able to perform authentication by several basic means.

Why is SquidGuard giving usernames with numbers instead of names?

Unfortunately there is currently a bug in squidGuard giving errors when using usernames consisting entirely of numbers. In this case use the userlist (see next example) to regulate user access. In this example the squidGuard configuration points to a file, here called dep1users, where the users can be found.

Where does squid store cleartext passwords?

Squid stores cleartext passwords in its basic authentication memory cache. Squid writes cleartext usernames and passwords when talking to the external basic authentication processes. Note, however, that this interprocess communication occurs over TCP connections bound to the loopback interface or private UNIX pipes.