# NTLM or HTTP Digest authentication to Parent proxy

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ntlm-or-http-digest-authentication-to-parent-proxy/242411>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 23, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ntlm-or-http-digest-authentication-to-parent-proxy/242411 "2015-06-23T01:01:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ntlm-or-http-digest-authentication-to-parent-proxy/242411/1 "2015-06-23T01:01:34Z")

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**Author:** ![Russel\_DSSouza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e56c9b/32.png) [@Russel\_DSSouza](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Russel_DSSouza)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ntlm-or-http-digest-authentication-to-parent-proxy/242411/2 "2015-06-23T23:37:31Z")

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 04:00:51PM -0700, Russel D’Souza wrote:

Hi there,

> I need to configure a proxy on my machine to use another proxy (installed  
> on another machine) as the parent proxy.

nginx is not a proxy server, and does not talk to proxy servers.

> Please let me know if there is any way to resolve this issue using NGINX

No.

Search for proxy servers; they’ll have a better idea of what they can  
do.

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