[squid-users] Login/Pass from squid to Squid

[Dan Purgert]

On 11/07/2016 03:19 AM, FredB wrote:
> 
>> Use "login=PASS" (exact string) on the cache_peer.
>>
>> Along with an http_access check that uses an external ACL helper
>> which
>> produces "OK user=X password=Y" for whatever credentials need to be
>> sent.
>>
>> NP: on older Squid that may be "pass=" instead of "password=".
>>
>> Amos
>>
> 
> 
> Ok thanks, and what do you think of using a helper (or something similar, I mean an external program) ? 
> Potentially I will have 2500 accounts ...
> 

I have my ACLs based off what group an individual belongs to in a LDAP
tree.

Perhaps something like that would be helpful in your setup.

-Dan