> -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Adam Aube > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:50 AM > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Re: Using LDAP Authentication with Windows > 2003 Domain > > > Derrick MacPherson wrote: > > > Is there an advantage to using LDAP and not using ntlm_auth? > > LDAP is simpler to setup and uses less system and network > resources, as well > as working readily with all browsers (on all platforms) that support > authentication. > > NTLM authentication requires a full Samba install joined to > the domain, is > more resource intensive, breaks the HTTP protocol, and only provides a > significant benefit with Internet Explorer on Windows (because > authentication is transparent). > > Yes, some versions of Mozilla do work with NTLM, but the user > still needs to > enter their username and password - NTLM is then used for the exchange > between the browser and the proxy. Not entirely true. There is a configuration option (network.automatic-ntlm-auth.trusted-uris) which allows specifying domains to automatically supply NTLM auth information. > > Adam > Sorry for the off topic post. Chris
