*hmmm* squid auth framework looks promising but cookies are domain-bound... or can i set a cookie which is sent for every get/post request? what about downloads using wget? BR /pat Sent from Pat's iPhone On 02.05.2011, at 00:05, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/05/2011 23:58, patrick.oeschger@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> scenario: >> users use a client/browser which is located on the company lan using a private IP address >> the company lan is >> protected by a firewall which translates all web access into one public IP address >> the proxy is implemented as a 'cloud >> service' which does only see the translated (nat'ed) public ip for all clients/browsers in this company >> >> i am curious >> >> if there exists a solution which works for IE, firefox, opera, ... >> >> had a look at: >> - X-Client-IP header >> - Flash Local >> Stored Objects >> - HTTP Cookies >> but neither seems to match for my scenario ;( >> >> any ideas or has anyone implemented such a >> solution yet? >> thank you >> /pat > cookies... > the ip address is only one part of it. > you should use some central authentication in the proxy that will work by auth helper cookie based. > > i havent used auth mechanizes in squid but i know it works for a lot more then what you have. > > Regrads > Eliezer