On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 04:13:35AM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On Thu, May 22, 2008, Marc Haber wrote: > > Is there already an off-the shelf solution? Could squid send back an > > identification cookie to the client application and use that cookie to > > identify the user from then on, repeating the ident request like, once > > a minute? > > uhm, the problem again is how to patch the client to identify itself > with this cookie. Am I too naive when I think that a simple http cookie would be enough? > The solution is negotiate, basic or ntlm authentication. They store an > auth cookie and send it along with requests. :) Having the client ask for a username/password is not acceptable for the site. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190