Re: How to use authentication with FTP

Francois Germeau wrote:

> 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.

http_access applies to all requests received by Squid, regardless of the
destination protocol. It is named http_access because Squid is a HTTP
proxy, and all communication between Squid and the client uses HTTP,
even if the requested protocol is ftp, gopher or whatever supported by
the proxy.

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Henrik Nordstrom