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Hello all.  I have a question regarding the use of client-side certificates
through a transparent SSL proxy (Squid or otherwise).  Is this possible?
I've configured Squid 3.1.0.15 as a transparent SSL proxy and that works.
Browsers complain about name mismatches but that's expected without dynamic
cert generation.  However, when I attempt to visit a URL which requires
authentication via a client certificate, the resulting page from Squid shows
a "Read Error" with the following text:

The system returned:  [No Error]

An error condition occurred while reading data from the network.  Please
retry your request.


I don't see anything in Squid's logfiles nor do I see anything on the
console.  I'm running Squid in the foreground and I'm passing passing 'd9'
for debugging information.

This is certainly not an ideal configuration but at the moment I can't
change the parameters of the problem.  My task is to determine whether it is
possible to make such a configuration work.  (I do have the luxury of
disregarding the untrusted authority and name mismatch errors on the
client.)


It seems plausible that since Squid is effectively a "man in the middle", it
could acquire the client certificate and relay that to the target to
complete the request.  Whether this is currently feasible in Squid is a
separate matter but at a high level I can't think of an obvious problem with
the basic approach.  Again, I would rather not be in the business of
intercepting SSL in the first place but at the moment I can't change that.


Thanks in advance for any thoughts.


Regards,

Damon

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