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# ref http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3297196/how-to-set-up-a-squid-proxy-with-basic-username-and-password-authentication
# first install apache:
# $ sudo apt-get install -y apache2-utils
# add these five lines to /etc/squid3/squid.conf
auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid3/passwords
auth_param basic realm proxy
acl authenticated proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow authenticated
http_port 3128 # or whatever you like
htpasswd -cd /etc/squid3/passwords username
# then type password twice and you will see 'Adding password for user username'
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