From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 11 05:25:31 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4B671065670 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:25:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516CA8FC17 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:25:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy26 with SMTP id 26so4936493ewy.13 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:25:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OGm91kxt7ub7bWcBjmAlJN+VZhfx141VmvH8XYhWZpw=; b=Png84kaPDTuY1+lKVsu5lBErPbbkY/0SgFoSUOu1Dq213PhEE9NFmEIvT6Vpmdhvkv +vUuU1L6ax+uCzvmC+OPzcjxnRXZDslfx0iehKmcafu54YQyrLeK8CwvvZqIpOMvTfEx Mg/manyAmdz+7ZigqnvG/JoN2a8mscwtTsqFw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=MgSOxT+Mp4VdPNgr1QQCgooCaxkxQR3IYFrjWgABYr2R35ZbOIrcdZFBxSunqgWLDb 5Cm8gNyix+G0Co/9cyuSSZbRkniuYX1jI+dVU/MM7+h/dyoBIsH3/vbG+EYJJE8QP/LM ElwHp1RFloGtIMoHYL8qtYpei6xZtsYT2qpsU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.19.82 with SMTP id z18mr14527375eba.74.1281502451670; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:54:11 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.213.112.140 with HTTP; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:54:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:54:11 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wZ1760JjlMdqBdqClBfnsk6dqbQ Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: Jawid Hassim Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proxy Server Requires Continuous Auth X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:25:31 -0000 On 27 July 2010 18:40, Jawid Hassim wrote: > Dear Team, > (Running a Sun Ultra 10, FBSD8.1) > > I am encountering a problem -connecting to my proxy server, > I've tried editing the /etc/make.conf file with: > =A0Code: FETCH_ENV =3D HTTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://user:passwd@proxy.name:80 > > But my proxy server requires continuous authentication for all transactio= ns, > unlike other proxies that just require the username&password once -then g= ive > the incoming connection carte-blanche. > > How do I overcome this? > I need proxy auth to invoke for every single transaction/ everytime! That's how HTTP authentication works. It does it per-connection. Some HTTP proxies do it per-IP - they'll auth you once and then cache that. Squid can do that if you configure it to. Adrian