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Authenticating Local Proxy

Author
16 Jun 2005 5:05 PM
Igor
hi,
I work in a company network with an HTTP Proxy who requires authentication.

As some software don't work with proxy authentication, I need a "local"
proxy that just forward requests and add authentication headers...

Is it possible ? Who knows this software ?

Thanks,
Igor

Author
16 Jun 2005 5:50 PM
Chuck
On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 10:05:12 -0700, "Igor" <I***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>hi,
>I work in a company network with an HTTP Proxy who requires authentication.
>
>As some software don't work with proxy authentication, I need a "local"
>proxy that just forward requests and add authentication headers...
>
>Is it possible ? Who knows this software ?
>
>Thanks,
>Igor

Igor,

Might I suggest that you discuss this with your supervisor, or with the network
administrators at your company, about your need for a non-authenticating proxy?
Adding connections (proxy server or otherwise), between your company network and
the Internet, is not a trivial task, and should not be done by anyone who is not
well experienced with networking and security.

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Author
17 Jun 2005 8:17 AM
Igor
"Chuck" wrote:

> Might I suggest that you discuss this with your supervisor, or with the network
> administrators at your company, about your need for a non-authenticating proxy?

My Company needs to have authentication on the border proxy.

I need only to have a local software that add "Credential" Header to the
HTTP Request and forward it to the real proxy ... I don't want to initiate
connections directly on the internet...

> Adding connections (proxy server or otherwise), between your company network and
> the Internet, is not a trivial task, and should not be done by anyone who is not
> well experienced with networking and security.

The Proxy already exists. I need a proxy between ME and the official proxy.

Thanks
Igor.
Author
17 Jun 2005 2:48 PM
Chuck
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On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:17:03 -0700, "Igor" <I***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> Might I suggest that you discuss this with your supervisor, or with the network
>> administrators at your company, about your need for a non-authenticating proxy?
>
>My Company needs to have authentication on the border proxy.
>
>I need only to have a local software that add "Credential" Header to the
>HTTP Request and forward it to the real proxy ... I don't want to initiate
>connections directly on the internet...
>
>> Adding connections (proxy server or otherwise), between your company network and
>> the Internet, is not a trivial task, and should not be done by anyone who is not
>> well experienced with networking and security.
>
>The Proxy already exists. I need a proxy between ME and the official proxy.
>
>Thanks
>Igor.

OK, Igor,

What you want is probably beyond the scope of this forum.  It's not an XP issue
anyway.  Maybe you'll get some help from alt.comp.networking.firewalls, or
comp.security.firewalls.  I can't find a microsoft.* group that looks like it
will help.
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.comp.networking.firewalls>
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.security.firewalls>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My        email         is          AT         DOT
   actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.