> > Something has gone wrong external ACL should not be getting the username > and password. It should be getting the IP address on STDIN. > Of the examples, that I can find they all talk about the username and password bewing sent from squid: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/authentication_with_squid?page=0%2C0 How else should the script get the username and password? I need username, apssword, and IP address and then the script will check if the IP matches, if not, it will check the username, and password, otherwise it will reject the connection.