Hello list This is my frist post to the list. I am trying to get a proxy server running with basic athentication using ncsa_auth. My problem is the following: I open the browser and the server prompts me for a username and password to navigate. I enter the correct username/password pair and the browser returns me a "connection refused by server" error message. If I enter the wrong password the server prompts me again for the password so I guess it is reading correctly the password file I created using apache's htpasswd program (which I obtained by compiling and installing apache) The logfile access.log shows me 1110233611.251 7 170.210.88.9 TCP_DENIED/407 2754 GET http://www.google.com.ar/ - NONE/- text/html when I try to access Google I use squid-3.0-PRE3-20050303 on a Sun Ultra5 with Debian Sarge btw, in normal mode configuration I can navigate fine. That is, allowing my net to access the cache Any more help you need, just ask Thanks in advance Raul