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

[FredB]

> 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 ...

Fred