Re: How to use authentication with FTP

We just recently went through this entire discussion on the list not more
that 12 hours ago =). Squid is a HTTP proxy/cache, it cannot handle FTP
caching or proxying in any way. Subsequently, there would be no way to
"authenticate" any ftp access via Squid.If this _IS_ possible, it would all
have to be done with an external program. I'm not sure of any names so I'm
sorry, but I can't point you in the right direction. If you're looking to
limit what ftp site your users go to, then you'll have to that inside your
firewall and that's another entire discussion. =) Hope this helps.

    - Chris

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Francois Germeau wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We would like to use Squid in conjunction with our firewall to control
> who can access the Internet. We use an access-list of the proxy_auth
> type with the http_access tag and it works well for HTTP requests.
>
> Does any body know how to do the same with FTP requests ? An ftp_access
> tag doesn't seem to exist.
>
> Thanks,
>
> François