Hello (or is that 'Doh!' )?

Jul. 13th, 2001 at 12:15 PM

I just downloaded the latest version of the client, which looks great, but (because of my setup), I'm having a few problems...I'm running OS X, but sitting behind a firewall that requires a username and password and I don't seem to be able to add those (is there a way I can add them to the proxy address string?). And I can't quit the client before I log in (which I can't do, see above): so I have to force quit.

Am I doing something wrong or are these known issues?

What I can see from the logs and the site, it looks really promising and I'm looking forward to see how it develops. (FWIW, interface/HCI stuff is part of my dayjob, so if there's something I can contribute....)

jink

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yaxjournal

Jul. 13th, 2001 10:28 am (UTC)

Interesting, how does the interchange between a web browser and the proxy normally go?

ie Browser makes HTTP request (a complex cgi POST for LiveJournal)

...then what?

I'd like to add this capability to

yaxjournal, which you might like to give a try.

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jinkle

Jul. 20th, 2001 06:26 am (UTC)

Proxy

I'm using a MS Proxy 2, which I think, just gets passed the username and password in the GET command, although I'm not sure of the syntax. Most proxies in a biz environment use auth., so it's certainly worth having. I connect with USB ADSL at home (which has no OS X drivers, yet), so my only way of connecting to the internet from an OS X application is at work through the proxy.

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cryo

Jul. 14th, 2001 06:02 am (UTC)

This is a socks 4 or 5 thing that you have to log into?

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jinkle

Jul. 20th, 2001 06:32 am (UTC)

Proxy

Hi cryo, no, it's the MS Proxy v2.

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cryo

Jul. 20th, 2001 07:43 am (UTC)

Re: Proxy

Hmm. How does IE or Mozilla (carbon) work with it? Is there some setting you do on in the system preferences to specify the proxy login/password? I didn't see anything there except the ability to specify an http proxy, but no login/password option... so I'm a little confused :)

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jinkle

Jul. 20th, 2001 09:36 am (UTC)

Re: Proxy

You set the username and pwd within the options of the browser: browsers work with many types of http proxy, so I'm guessing there must be a standard response. I read somewhere (but of course can't find it) that it's simply sent with the GET. I'll take a look...

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