[clug] Squid authentication issue.

[gbj at theforce.com.au]

Semi related.

I just downloaded Mozilla 1.6 which is supposed to have support for ntlm
bu it does not seem to work.  Do you know how to configure Mozilla to use
ntlm?

Thanks

> I have a squid proxy server that is configured for authentication using
> ntlm, but it is having an imapact on my network performance. Every http
> packet seems be being checked and is being checked 2 or 3 times before
> being let through.
>
> Is there a way to minimise this over head or is there another
> authenticaion method that we can use that does not rely on a local
> passwd or auth file on the proxy server.
>
> Version is Squid 2.5STABLE4.
>
> I can supply a copy of my config file if need be.
>
>   John
>
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