Using a proxy server to access the web

ifiaz

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Sep 23, 2003, 11:05:57 PM9/23/03

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In our office we are using a proxy server
to access the web. So naturally, using
System Preferences, I will fill in every
text box in Network -> Proxies with the
proxy address and the port number.

Mac OS X 10.2.6 and Safari 1.0 (v85)

Whenever I have to post something on Google,
I can't do it on my mac because it doesn't let
me. As soon as I click "Post a new message to...."
There is a dialog box that says

"Could not open the page "https://www.google.com/
accounts/ ...........

The error was: "Posix error 60"
(NSPOSIXErrorDomain:60)

Please sumit a bug report......."

Also, using IE 5.2.2, I can't post any message
to google or (https://.... sites)

The bottom line is infact I can't access any site
that starts with "https://......." whenever I am
using the proxy. When we are not on the proxy
everything is OK.

and the strange part is that, We have several Windows machine
on the same network using the same proxy server.

One would be Windows 95 using IE 5, I have no problem in
accessing any https://.... sites, or posting to google.

So, why is that a mac machine can't let me do it while a
windows machine let me do it freely.

Please help.

tristero

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Sep 24, 2003, 6:58:26 AM9/24/03

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In article <93c1947c.03092...@posting.google.com>, ifiaz wrote:
> "Could not open the page "https://www.google.com/
> accounts/ ...........

In the past there have been known problems proxying https in both
Safari and IE. A google groups search thru the comp.sys.mac hierarchy
would have turned these reports up for you. IE is obviously a
hopeless case. Apple may have finally fixed this bug in the latest
Safari, I don't know. It still wasn't working last time I tried it.
Why Apple hasn't bothered to fix a significant bug that's been known
to them since the first public release of Safari is beyond me.

I suggest Camino or OminWeb instead. These have always handled
proxied https properly. Camino, in particular, is a first-rate
browser overall, fast and functional, though it does occasionally have
compatibility problems with pages that don't adhere to web standards.

I'm reasonably sure Mozilla and Netscape will also handle this case
properly. But imo you're much better off with Camino if you want a
gecko-based browser.

> So, why is that a mac machine can't let me do it while a
> windows machine let me do it freely.

The issue here is your choice of browsers, not your choice of os.

Jeff K

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Sep 24, 2003, 9:16:23 PM9/24/03

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In article <93c1947c.03092...@posting.google.com>,
if...@hotmail.com (ifiaz) wrote:

The issue may also be the proxy server. We had an NT box running Proxy
MS 2.0. Authentication was unreliable on IE, any version. Netscape
worked well. Go figure. We ended up solving our problem by getting a
Windows 2000 server with ISA server, which works well. We neede to do
this because we are a 95% Mac place. It might be tough to justify the
expense, and time involved if you are not heavily invested in Macs.
Migrating from an NT server to a 2000 server is not uninvolved. If you
have an NT server that can handle 2000 server (which is very tough to
buy now) upgrading it might be a viable option.

Jeff K

ifiaz

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Sep 24, 2003, 9:45:28 PM9/24/03

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tristero <tris...@waste.net> wrote in message news:<mNecb.142541$mp.6...@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>...

Yes! it works in Netscape 7.02 which was available in my machine already.
Previously only the http proxy field in preference pane of Netscape was
filled in. and the other SSL proxy, etc. etc. were not filled in.

So, I fill all the proxy fields and try it out, it works.

Thanks tristero.