LDAP authentication helper for Squid. This Squid helper allows authentication against LDAP directories using the "simple authentication" (plain-text). This code is maintained by Henrik Nordstrom who added many command line options, and the ability to search for the user DN to log in as. The original LDAP Authentication code is written by Glen Newton . For detailed usage information please see the supplied man page nroff -man squid_ldap_auth.8 | less In order to use squid_ldap_auth, you will also need to install the OpenLDAP libraries (ldap lber) from http://www.openldap.org. .