A Proxy server is a server acting on behalf of other servers. Client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service available from different servers.
Questions tagged [proxy-server]
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When should one use CONNECT and GET HTTP methods at HTTP Proxy Server?
I'm building a WebClient library. Now I'm implementing a proxy feature, so I am making some research and I saw some code using the CONNECT method to request a URL.
But checking it within my web browser, it doesn't use the CONNECT method but calls…
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How to pass proxy-authentication (requires digest auth) by using python requests module
I was using Mechanize module a while ago, and now try to use Requests module.
(Python mechanize doesn't work when HTTPS and Proxy Authentication required)
I have to go through proxy-server when I access the Internet.
The proxy-server requires…
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How to get started with web caching, CDNs, and proxy servers?
I'm newbie programmer building a startup that I (naturally) hope will create a large amount of traffic. I am hosting my django project on dotcloud, which is on Amazon EC2. I have some streaming media (Http though, not rmtp) so the dotcloud guys…
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http 407 proxy authentication required : how to handle in java code
System.setProperty("http.proxySet", "true");
System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");
System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "192.168.1.103");
System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "3128");
System.setProperty("http.proxyUser",…
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NLTK: set proxy server
I'm trying to learn NLTK - Natural Language Toolkit written in Python and I want install a sample data set to run some examples.
My web connection uses a proxy server, and I'm trying to specify the proxy address as follows:
>>>…
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Fiddler 2 Wipes My Internet Explorer Proxy Settings
I just started using Fiddler 2 to create request objects for REST,JSON, and SOAP based services that I have been creating. It has worked great so far.
The problem came when I attempted to use some of my company resources through Internet Explorer. …
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which server side language nginx webserver supports
which server side language nginx webserver do support? For example apachi-tomcat is for java, wammp is for php. and secondly it is installed on my pc i need to know that how can i access it via http and in which do i need to put my applications
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Tinyproxy not forwarding requests. Getting Unauthorized connection from
I have installed tinyproxy in CentOS 7 machine and changed the port to 8080 in tinyproxy.conf
Wherenever I am hitting request I am getting following logs in tinyproxy.log:-
CONNECT Mar 15 08:14:42 [22148]: Connect (file descriptor 6): …
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Making jQuery.ajax request through a proxy server
I'm writing a Chrome extension. If you make jQuery.ajax request for a regular http page from within a page served via https, then the request is blocked by Chrome. I was wondering if I could fetch the requested page using a secure proxy.
So, is it…
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Connecting to Azure storage account thru proxy server
My 'LocalClient' app is in a corporate LAN behind an HTTP proxy server (ISA). The first Azure API call i make - CloudQueue.CreateIfNotExist() - causes an exception: (407) Proxy Authentication Required. I tried following things:
Added the…
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open source C# proxy server - any projects/examples?
Anyone know of any open source C# proxy server projects? Otherwise any articles/tutorials that cover how to use C# classes to get proxy server basic functionality working (in particularly for HTTPS requests)
The only one I have found so far (and I…
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Proxy Authentication in .NET - for external API
I'm developing a twitter messaging utility using Twitter API (twitterizer). But since I'm within a corporate proxy, I'm getting the error '407 Proxy Authentication Required'. Is there any way to authenticate the user before calling the API or use…
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pip install using proxy in a virtual environment
I work on a Ubuntu VM in my company's laptop which uses proxy server for connecting to internet.
After some research I found out how to install modules using pip install with proxy. For example, using this command I can install my virtualenv…
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Homework - Python Proxy Server
For a programming exercise (from Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (6th Edition) by Kurose and Ross), we're trying to develop a simple proxy server in python.
We were given the following code, wherever it says #Fill in start. ... #Fill in…
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Phantom.js / Casper.js with rotating proxy?
I have a simple goal: load webpages with either phantom.js (out of the box) or casper.js (nice and easier) but using proxy and rotate it from a list if current one is bad (i.e. webpage loads fail or something like that).
I know casper.js has --proxy…
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