broadly speaking, I think NTLM authentication is where u would use Windows NT/2k/etc to authenticate squid users. I.e whatever credentials users enter to log into windows network is what is used by squid to allow access to the internet. Basic authentication would be the defualt linux authentications u could set up to allow users access to the internet by typing in their linux login credentials. walu. --- Guillaume <guillaume.chardin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello guys, > > Do you know what is the difference between basic > authentication and > NTLM authentication? > > thanks > > Gui > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com