How to configure username & password in tinyproxy?

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I want to restrict the traffic to tinyproxy, how can i do this by adding username & password instead whitelisting IP addresses?

score 33 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '19 at 17:50

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Add BasicAuth myuser mypassword to /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf.

Note that Basic Auth was added in tinyproxy 1.10.0, but Ubuntu 18.04 installs 1.8.4 by default.

Build the latest version of tinyproxy yourself or just use Ubuntu 19.04 or newer.

answered May 22 '19 at 17:50

Max Malysh

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Thank you. Minimal "tinyproxy.conf": "Port 8888" "MaxClients 100" "StartServers 1" "BasicAuth myuser mypassword". Demo: "curl --proxy http://myuser:mypassword@localhost:8888 google.com" – masterxilo Dec 09 '19 at 23:31
Sample config https://gist.github.com/ericzon/b8d5201249544adf14b4280c890ae53f – M at Jan 08 '23 at 20:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '17 at 07:08

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Currently its not supported in tinyproxy.

Here is an open enhancement request for that https://github.com/tinyproxy/tinyproxy/issues/29

answered Sep 11 '17 at 07:08

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start from 1.10, tinyproxy has shipped with HTTP authentication support. – georgexsh Mar 04 '19 at 08:12

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 20 '17 at 17:20

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Although it's not nearly as small as TinyProxy, the Squid proxy server would allow you to setup a username and password for your proxy. This guide shows you how to set this up.

answered Sep 20 '17 at 17:20

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How to configure username & password in tinyproxy?

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