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HTTP proxy with basic authentication using Squid
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Quick HTTP proxy on Windows.md

  1. Download and install Squid 3.5 for Windows (default path is C:\Squid)

  2. Create file C:\Squid\etc\.htpasswd with the following content:

    admin:$apr1$kWA/DRFy$klaeXRe3S3jIPqc64HTMA0

    This corresponds to username admin and password 1234
    To generate your own username/password use http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator-windows/

  3. Open Squid configuration (squid.conf)

  4. Add following to the top of squid.conf:

    auth_param basic program "/cygdrive/c/squid/lib/squid/basic_ncsa_auth.exe" "/cygdrive/c/squid/etc/.htpasswd"
    acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED
    http_access allow ncsa_users

  5. Comment out all http_access allow ... entries in squid.conf (except ncsa_users)

  6. Restart Squid service

Web proxy is ready!

Proxy address: http://127.0.0.1:3128/
Proxy username: admin
Proxy password: 1234

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sadminnp commented May 7, 2022

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it doesn't work

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