NAME

       digest_file_auth - File based digest authentication helper for Squid.

       Version 1.1

SYNOPSIS

       digest_file_auth [-c] file

DESCRIPTION

       digest_file_auth   is   an   installed  binary  authentication  program  for  Squid.  It  handles  digest
       authentication protocol and authenticates against a text file backend.  This program  will  automatically
       detect the existence of a concurrency channel-ID and adjust appropriately.  It may be used with any value
       0 or above for the auth_param children concurrency= parameter.

OPTIONS

       -c          Accept digest hashed passwords rather than plaintext in the password file

CONFIGURATION

       Username database file format:

       - comment lines are possible and should start with a '#';

       - empty or blank lines are possible;

       - plaintext entry format is username:password

       - HA1 entry format is username:realm:HA1

       To  build  a directory integrated backend, you need to be able to calculate the HA1 returned to squid. To
       avoid storing a plaintext password you can calculate MD5(username:realm:password) when the  user  changes
       their password, and store the tuple username:realm:HA1.  then find the matching username:realm when squid
       asks for the HA1.

       This implementation could be improved by using such a triple for the file format.  However storing such a
       triple  does  little to improve security: If compromised the username:realm:HA1 combination is "plaintext
       equivalent"  -  for  the  purposes  of  digest  authentication  they  allow  the  user  access.  Password
       synchronization is not tackled by digest - just preventing on the wire compromise.

AUTHOR

       This program was written by Robert Collins <robertc@squid-cache.org>

       Based on prior work by Arjan de Vet <Arjan.deVet@adv.iae.nl>

       This  manual  was  written by Robert Collins <robertc@squid-cache.org> Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries@squid-
       cache.org>

COPYRIGHT

        * Copyright (C) 1996-2023 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
        *
        * Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
        * contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
        * Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.

       This program and documentation is copyright to the authors named above.

       Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).

QUESTIONS

       Questions on  the  usage  of  this  program  can  be  sent  to  the  Squid  Users  mailing  list  <squid-
       users@lists.squid-cache.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Bug  reports  need  to  be  made  in  English.  See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for
       details of what you need to include with your bug report.

       Report bugs or bug fixes using http://bugs.squid-cache.org/

       Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org>

       Report ideas for new improvements to the Squid Developers mailing list <squid-dev@lists.squid-cache.org>

SEE ALSO

       squid(8), GPL(7),
       The Squid FAQ wiki http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/

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