[mythtv-users] http_proxy environment variable causing a raft of problems

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Brian J. Murrell <brian at interlinx.bc.ca> wrote:
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> I can only assume you assert that properly engineering the
> infrastructure means using a transparent proxy.  And just how do you do
> that and employ browser/user authentication?

It is a part of many transparent proxy solutions
(and I seem to recall you can even do it with squid,
although I think you needed to use an extension for
squid to do it, but I have not followed squid closely,
so it may be integrated now).

It is performed by the proxy returning a redirect,
which then forces an authentication, and (if passed)
the proxy then redirects back to the original
target.