On Tuesday 22 September 2020 at 22:35:36, Ajb B wrote: > how can you map the user password to a parent proxy? > > so that > > testuser1:qvmgPUJ5xW-121@18.234.74.214:3292 > testuser1:qvmgPUJ5xW-122@18.234.74.214:3292 > testuser1:qvmgPUJ5xW-123@18.234.74.214:3292 > map to a different parent proxy? It makes no sense to me to have one username with multiple passwords. The username is the identifier - this tells the system who this "user" is and the system can then find out what this "user" can do, provided they are authenticated. The password is the authenticator - this tells the system that the entity trying to connect really is that user. If you want one entity (person, script, application, whatever) to have access to different upstream proxies (presumably for different purposes), you should give them different identities (usernames) in order to access those proxies. They then use the appropriate username for the access they require at the time. What would be the use case for one username with multiple passwords? Antony. -- Neurotics build castles in the sky; Psychotics live in them; Psychiatrists collect the rent. Please reply to the list; please *don't* CC me. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users