Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:49:41 +1100 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: "Leif Neland" <leif@neland.dk>, "Leif Neland" <leifn@neland.dk>, <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Is passwords send to auth webpages secure? Message-ID: <00031608504402.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org> References: <010f01bf8d42$efda91e0$0e00a8c0@neland.dk>
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The tool for the job like NIS or Kerbros?? Looking forward to your feedback. dannyh dannyh@idx.com.au On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Leif Neland wrote: > I have set a squid proxy to use samba_auth (When somebody is trying to use the proxyserver, they are presented with a normal browser-popup, and are prompted for a login/password. This is their NT-login/passwd, and if they are allowed to read a file on the NT with this login/pwd, they are granted access to the squid proxy). > > Now I have been asked if the passwords from browser to squid is sent in cleartext, so it can be sniffed? > > If so, this is an argument to get swiches instead of hubs... > > Leif > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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