[squid-users] squid asking for authentication repeatedly

[Amos Jeffries]

On 12/12/17 11:04, Paul Hackmann wrote:
> Has anyone had the instance where the proxy will ask the user to 
> authenticate several times as they are browsing the web?  I have been 
> seeing this as a random occurrence for some of the users on the server.  
> It will pop up a login prompt in the browser repeatedly for a minute or 
> two.  Then it will settle down and be fine for hours.  I'm trying to 
> track it down, but I can't find anything amiss.  The access logs haven't 
> shown anything unusual.  I am using basic authentication with the proxy 
> settings set in firefox.  Is this something that a spike in traffic on 
> the server could cause?  Anybody have any suggestions?  The server is 
> linux based.
> 

What version of Squid?
What ACLs and http_access configuration?

Amos