[squid-users] different authentication for different ports

[Amos Jeffries]

On 21/11/17 05:02, Paul Hackmann wrote:
> Hi all.  I've got a fairly basic squid config set up on linux.  I have 
> basic authentication set up on it to the default 3128 port, and it works 
> just fine.  I would like to keep this configuration.  However, I would 
> like to set up another port that only allows a certain whitelist of 
> websites that doesn't require or ask for authentication.  I want to set 
> this up for certain apps that don't have proxy settings built into 
> them.  I want windows to be able to connect to some sites, but not 
> everything and if it can't reach the site, I don't want it to ask for 
> credentials.  With my current configuration, it asks for credentials for 
> any app that is trying to connect to a non-whitelisted website.  Is this 
> configuration possible and do you have an example?  Sorry if this has 
> been answered before, I am very green to squid yet.

Simply place the http_access rules for handling that traffic above the 
first line which requires authentication.

   http_access ... lines that dont require auth.

   acl login proxy_auth REQUIRED
   http_access deny !login

   http_access ... rules for authenticated users.


Amos