Re: Digest authentication support for Ncat http proxy server

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:08:54PM +0530, venkat sanaka wrote:
> I have been working on  Digest authentication support for
> Ncat http proxy server (Currently Ncat http proxy server
> supports only "Basic" scheme for authentication).
> I completed this and did some testing using the firefox
> and opera browsers as clients.It needs more testing and
> if you are interested, here is how you can test it out:
>
> 1.) Check out the branch:
> svn co --username guest --password "" svn://
> svn.insecure.org/nmap-exp/venkat/nmap-digest
>
> 2.) Run Ncat:
> cd ncat
> ./ncat -l 3128 --proxy-type http --proxy-auth username:password -vvv
>
> 3.) Add proxy details in your browser:
>      localhost:3128

I tried it Venkat, and it works for me with a web browser. I was
impressed that it supports both Basic and Digest at the same time, as I
was able to browse with two browsers at once, one using each method.

David Fifield

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