[gentoo-user] Lightweight & Simple Proxy that supports upstream authentication

[gentoo-user] Lightweight & Simple Proxy that supports upstream authentication

[Pandu Poluan]

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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,
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Re: [gentoo-user] Lightweight & Simple Proxy that supports upstream authentication

[staticsafe]

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/
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Re: [gentoo-user] Lightweight & Simple Proxy that supports upstream authentication

[Pandu Poluan]

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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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Re: [gentoo-user] Lightweight & Simple Proxy that supports upstream authentication

[Heiko]

> On Monday 20 May 2013 11:31:31 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)

cntlm is what you looking for
http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/

It's available for linux and windows. Depending on your needs.

I'm using it for years and it's doing really well. It needs a little time to 
create a config file. But it's really powerful. It's even possible to provide 
your contractors a config file within your credentials. hint: see the -M 
option or just use it with interactive prompt (-I option).

heiko