Ident Authentication Method

Turning on ident can cause 20 second delays in getting web pages if you have a software firewall (like the "windows firewall") blocking port 113 on any of your PCs or buggy ident client software.

"ident" is a simple password-free method of identifying users. Dansguardian sends a query to port 113 on the client computer and believes whatever name it sends back.

Because no password is needed, tecnically savvy users can hack the ident server on their PC to make it say any name they choose.

This is the ONLY way to get usernames in your dansguardian logs while using the TRANSPARENT proxy setting, it doesn't interrupt your users with a pop-up asking them for their username and password, and it also works without modifying the IPCop version of squid in any way.

Windows PCs need an "ident server" added to each machine. See the dansguardian wiki for possible sources of ident server software for your PCs.


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