[squid-users] squid asking for authentication repeatedly

[Paul Hackmann]

Alex,

That is certainly something I can test.  It was never a problem before, so
I wonder if one of the recent updates (pre-quantum) has introduced a new
issue with firefox.  Thanks.
PH

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Alex Crow <alex at nanogherkin.com> wrote:

> Firefox is not great at Auth. Chrome works better imho. FF seems ok with
> digest, ie AD.
>
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> On 11 Dec 2017, at 22:05, Paul Hackmann <phackmann at gmail.com> 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.
>>
>> PH
>>
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