Squid : Basic Authentication2024/04/15

	Set Basic Authentication to limit access to Squid.
[1]	Install a package which includes htpasswd.

root@prox:~ #

pkg install -y apache24

[2]	Configure Squid to set Basic Authentication.

root@prox:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf

.....
.....
acl Safe_ports port 777         # multiling http
# line 28 : add follows for Basic auth
auth_param basic program /usr/local/libexec/squid/basic_ncsa_auth /usr/local/etc/squid/.htpasswd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm Squid Basic Authentication
auth_param basic credentialsttl 4 hours
acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow password

root@prox:~ #

service squid restart

# add a user : create new file with [-c] option

root@prox:~ #

htpasswd -c /usr/local/etc/squid/.htpasswd freebsd

New password:

# set password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user freebsd

Proxy Client : FreeBSD

[3]	Configure FreeBSD Proxy Client for Basic Authentication.

root@client:~ #

vi /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh

# create new
# username:password@proxyserver:port

MY_PROXY_URL="http://freebsd:password@prox.srv.world:3128"

HTTP_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
HTTPS_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
FTP_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
http_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL
https_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL
ftp_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL

export HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY FTP_PROXY http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy

root@client:~ #

. /etc/profile.d/proxy.sh

# otherwise, it's possible to set proxy settings for each application, not System wide
# for pkg

root@client:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf

# add to last line

pkg_env : {
  HTTP_PROXY: "freebsd:password@prox.srv.world:3128"
  HTTPS_PROXY: "freebsd:password@prox.srv.world:3128"
  FTP_PROXY: "freebsd:password@prox.srv.world:3128"
}

# for curl

root@client:~ #

vi ~/.curlrc

# create new

proxy=prox.srv.world:3128
proxy-user=freebsd:password

# for wget

root@client:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/wgetrc

# add to last line

http_proxy = prox.srv.world:3128
https_proxy = prox.srv.world:3128
ftp_proxy = prox.srv.world:3128
proxy_user = freebsd
proxy_passwd = password

Proxy Client : Windows

[4]	For Windows Clients, none of specific settings, when access to a web, proxy server requires authentication like follows, then input username and password.

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