"Change Set:		HTTP-proxy-Mar02
Date:			21 July 2003
Author:			(proxy)daf

I am not the original author!!  See
http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/23

Add userid and password for authentication to firewall, as in:

HTTPSocket clearProxyUserPassword.
HTTPSocket useProxyServerNamed: 'my.proxy.server' port: 80.
HTTPSocket proxyUser: 'myUserID' password: 'myPassword'.

This potentially saves your userid and password in the image!!"
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As far as the purpose of this changeset, and what it really is meant to
do, I am frankly surprised that apparently so few people are required
to authenticate to their firewalls.  If you have to authenticate to
your firewall, then you know what this changeset is for!  Apparently
most people will let anyone in their private network use the firewall
without any authentication.  While that's certainly the easy way to do
it, it's also a bit less secure.

I use Squeak at work, and our company is much more security-conscious. 
Every user in the private network has to be individually registered
with the firewall and authenticated every time they open a session
through the firewall.  I don't think this is particularly overkill
since I have to agree with it in order to access the Internet from
work.

I suppose that I could do all my Squeak'ing from home, but that's no
fun at all!


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