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<div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hey Anthony,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I see you're point. It makes sense to have multiple usernames if I want a user to access multiple proxies. But I'm trying to create a "reseller" proxy service, so multiple usernames for a single user won't really make sense. I can just give users different passwords to access different proxies.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Also, I know PacketStream (<a href="https://packetstream.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://packetstream.io/</a><span class="">) does this and I'm pretty sure they use Squid.<br></span></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Adrian<br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 3:55:15 PM CDT, Antony Stone <antony.stone@squid.open.source.it> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On Tuesday 22 September 2020 at 22:35:36, Ajb B wrote:<div class="yqt2199086647" id="yqtfd19682"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> how can you map the user password to a parent proxy?<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> so that<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> testuser1:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-121@18.234.74.214" href="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-121@18.234.74.214">qvmgPUJ5xW-121@18.234.74.214</a>:3292<br clear="none">> testuser1:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-122@18.234.74.214" href="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-122@18.234.74.214">qvmgPUJ5xW-122@18.234.74.214</a>:3292<br clear="none">> testuser1:<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-123@18.234.74.214" href="mailto:qvmgPUJ5xW-123@18.234.74.214">qvmgPUJ5xW-123@18.234.74.214</a>:3292<br clear="none">> map to a different parent proxy?</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">It makes no sense to me to have one username with multiple passwords.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The username is the identifier - this tells the system who this "user" is and <br clear="none">the system can then find out what this "user" can do, provided they are <br clear="none">authenticated.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">The password is the authenticator - this tells the system that the entity <br clear="none">trying to connect really is that user.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you want one entity (person, script, application, whatever) to have access <br clear="none">to different upstream proxies (presumably for different purposes), you should <br clear="none">give them different identities (usernames) in order to access those proxies.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">They then use the appropriate username for the access they require at the <br clear="none">time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">What would be the use case for one username with multiple passwords?<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Antony.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Neurotics build castles in the sky;<br clear="none">Psychotics live in them;<br clear="none">Psychiatrists collect the rent.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Please reply to the list;<br clear="none"> please *don't* CC me.<br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">squid-users mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org" href="mailto:squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org">squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users" target="_blank">http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users</a><div class="yqt2199086647" id="yqtfd84159"><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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