diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 2ef3639ea..48c90c763 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -2691,6 +2691,11 @@ option http-use-proxy-header
that this option can only be specified in a frontend and will affect the
request along its whole life.
+ Also, when this option is set, a request which requires authentication will
+ automatically switch to use proxy authentication headers if it is itself a
+ proxied request. That makes it possible to check or enforce authentication in
+ front of an existing proxy.
+
This option should normally never be used, except in front of a proxy.
See also : "option httpclose", "option forceclose" and "option
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 4ac53b38d..1b59c68f5 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ const char *HTTP_401_fmt =
"\r\n"
"
401 Unauthorized
\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n\n";
+const char *HTTP_407_fmt =
+ "HTTP/1.0 407 Unauthorized\r\n"
+ "Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
+ "Connection: close\r\n"
+ "Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
+ "Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"%s\"\r\n"
+ "\r\n"
+ "401 Unauthorized
\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n\n";
+
const int http_err_codes[HTTP_ERR_SIZE] = {
[HTTP_ERR_400] = 400,
@@ -1507,7 +1516,16 @@ get_http_auth(struct session *s)
txn->auth.method = HTTP_AUTH_WRONG;
ctx.idx = 0;
- if (!http_find_header("Authorization", txn->req.sol, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx))
+
+ if (txn->flags & TX_USE_PX_CONN) {
+ h = "Proxy-Authorization";
+ len = strlen(h);
+ } else {
+ h = "Authorization";
+ len = strlen(h);
+ }
+
+ if (!http_find_header2(h, len, txn->req.sol, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx))
return 0;
h = ctx.line + ctx.val;
@@ -2969,7 +2987,7 @@ int http_process_req_common(struct session *s, struct buffer *req, int an_bit, s
if (!realm)
realm = do_stats?STATS_DEFAULT_REALM:px->id;
- sprintf(trash, HTTP_401_fmt, realm);
+ sprintf(trash, (txn->flags & TX_USE_PX_CONN) ? HTTP_407_fmt : HTTP_401_fmt, realm);
chunk_initlen(&msg, trash, sizeof(trash), strlen(trash));
txn->status = 401;
stream_int_retnclose(req->prod, &msg);