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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:24:30 -0700 (PDT), skinnyzaz
<bradzazulak@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> First I will let you know what I am trying to do. I am looking for some
way
> to have users create there own user names and passwords from a website
of
> some sort. And then have squid authenticate from the accounts created
from
> the website. I have been looking for a couple months but am starting to
run
> out of ideas. Does anyone have any idea of how this is possible?

Your idea collapses into a simple case of: popup the auth login and accept
anything that is entered.

Squid bundles with fake authenticators for testing that does exactly that.
For the older versions there is
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/LoggingOnly


You seem to be stuck in the idea that having a auth popup alone makes
things secure. The entire purpose of an authentication is to control who
gets access. Allowing random people to add themselves anonymously is not a
good idea.

Amos


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