[squid-users] Squid to get around Android proxy authentication

Good Day,

I am running squid 2.7 (although switching to squid 3 is likely to
happen soon) on our local school internal proxy (Ubuntu) that is
behind a larger network proxy (which I don't have control over).

We have started allowing students to access our wireless network as the
proliferation of smart phones, tablets and laptops has been steadily
increasing.

The problem is Andorid does not play nice with proxies that require
authentication. I had an idea of a way around this that would still tie
things to the individual logins. The solution I have been looking at
is to either bind the http_port or MAC address (through arp) to a
specific cache peer. Here is what I was thinking:

Either:
http_port 123 name=student1_port
cache_peer 10.x.x.x parent 3128 no-query login=user:my_pass name=student1_peer
cache_peer_access student1_peer allow student1_port

Or:
cache_peer 10.x.x.x parent 3128 no-query login=user:my_pass name=student1_peer
acl student1_mac arp 01:01:01:01:01:01
cache_peer_access student1_peer allow student1_mac

I was hoping that one of these solutions would allow me to point at the
local proxy and avoid having to provide details for the upstream proxy
which requires authentication (basic auth - which I continue to rail
against). However, no such luck just yet.

I am still relatively new to squid, and searches along with trial and
error have also been unsuccessful.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Ben
Received on Tue May 01 2012 - 06:12:42 MDT