On May 20, 2013 12:04 PM, "staticsafe" <me@staticsafe.ca> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:31:31AM +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm looking for a simple HTTP+FTP proxy that supports upstream
> > authentication.
> >
> > The reason is that we (that is, my employer) have a server that requires
> > Internet access for its setup, but for some reason* my employer does not
> > want to give the contractors a login for the corporate proxy.
> >
> > I'm planning of setting up a simple proxy to authenticate against the
> > corporate proxy using one of my credentials, and have the contractor use
> > this simple proxy instead of the corporate one.
> >
> > I think Squid can do that... but is there a simpler solution? I truly don't
> > need caching, inter-proxy coordination, or other exotic stuff. Just a way
> > to allow other people to authenticate against the corporate proxy using my
> > credentials, but without giving my credentials away.
> >
> > (Of course the simple proxy will be installed on a totally separate system,
> > one under my full control and nobody else's)
> >
> > Rgds,
> > --
>
> Polipo perhaps?
>
> http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/polipo/
> --
> staticsafe

Ahh, yes! I once used polipo... damn how could I possibly forget that *bangs head against wall.

Thanks for reminding me :-)

Rgds,
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