Q for SE users: does proxy work for you?

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited January 24, 2005 in SmugMug API Support & Integrations
Latest SE version should support proxy.
As I mentioned before, I have no current means to test it.
Does it work for you?

Thank you!
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  • dragon300zxdragon300zx Registered Users Posts: 2,575 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2005
    Hmmm I'm confused we arent talking about Windows 98SE right.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2005
    No, sir, we're not talking about Win98SE
    dragon300zx wrote:
    Hmmm I'm confused we arent talking about Windows 98SE right.
    We're talking about Smugmug Explorer.
    There were complaints it could not work from behind a firewall.
    I added proxy support to the latest version (0.1.0.58, the one I uploaded Monday Jan 10 2005), so I am naturally curious whether it works or not..

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  • tk421tk421 Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited January 14, 2005
    Doesn't work for me yet. First shot was with just the proxy server info. The second was with basic authentication filled out.


    0:01:38: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:01:47: Post failed: (-1)
    0:01:47:
    Unknown error
    0:01:47: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)
    0:02:14: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:02:23: Post failed: (-1)
    0:02:23:
    Unknown error
    0:02:23: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)

    This is from my work account. I know my company uses NTLM as their protocol for authentication; I don't know if "Basic Authentication" applies in this instance.

    (Incidentally, you may want to add fields for setting up the proxy info from the opening configuration screen. It was a bit confusing to be asked to fill in that info and test my account before I could tell it about the proxy server. Just a suggestion).
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2005
    God i wish i knew what proxy is :cry :cry


    I looked here & dont know how it relates to computers


    prox·y pron.jpg ([font=verdana, sans-serif] P [/font]) Pronunciation Key (probreve.gifkprime.gifsemacr.gif)
    n. pl. prox·ies
    1. A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute.
    2. The authority to act for another.
    3. The written authorization to act in place of another.
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 14, 2005
    Darn.. Anybody else tried?
    tk421 wrote:
    Doesn't work for me yet. First shot was with just the proxy server info. The second was with basic authentication filled out.
    I guess I'll have to have more fun with that thingie..:-(
    tk421 wrote:
    This is from my work account. I know my company uses NTLM as their protocol for authentication; I don't know if "Basic Authentication" applies in this instance.
    Mmm, prolly not, basic authentication is a very basic thing, as it is... Just a very simple (and hence "very ez 2 hack") way to send your name and password in a not totally open way..
    tk421 wrote:
    Incidentally, you may want to add fields for setting up the proxy info from the opening configuration screen. It was a bit confusing to be asked to fill in that info and test my account before I could tell it about the proxy server. Just a suggestion.
    That was my initial idea and I probably will end up with it. For now I'm simply not sure what info shall I ask for and how exactly shall I overcome all those firewalls.. The other thing would be to switch to WinHTTP, but witht the amount of ppl here dropping IE and using Firefox, Opera and such, it may not be the best idea either..

    Anyway, thanks for you feedback!

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  • tk421tk421 Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited January 14, 2005
    The definition you found pretty much covers it. A proxy server is a computer that is used to forward your requests to other servers, and forward their replies back to you.

    It is used to firewall/insulate a PC/network/etc from the rest of the world. Rather than having your computer directly talk to a web server, and have that talk directly back to your machine, what happens is that your machine sends it's request to the proxy, which sends the request to the other server. To the other server, though, it looks like the request is coming from the proxy. Then, when it replies, the proxy server receives the reply, and is smart enough to forward it on to your machine. Thus, the outside world cannot talk directly to your machine, so (we hope) the only machine that has to be secure against hackers should be the proxy server.

    The other primary uses for a proxy server are to improve performance (if the proxy caches data that you request a second time, it can used the cached data rather than having to go out and get it again), and to filter requests (company doesn't want you looking at porn during work? no problem! just refuse to forward requests for naughty sites).

    Humungus wrote:
    God i wish i knew what proxy is :cry :cry


    I looked here & dont know how it relates to computers


    prox·y pron.jpg ([font=verdana, sans-serif] P [/font]) Pronunciation Key (probreve.gifkprime.gifsemacr.gif)
    n. pl. prox·ies


    1. A person authorized to act for another; an agent or substitute.
    2. The authority to act for another.
    3. The written authorization to act in place of another.
  • bradrobbradrob Registered Users Posts: 2 Beginner grinner
    edited January 20, 2005
    I got it to work, but without SSL
    tk421 wrote:
    Doesn't work for me yet. First shot was with just the proxy server info. The second was with basic authentication filled out.

    0:01:38: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:01:47: Post failed: (-1)
    0:01:47:
    Unknown error
    0:01:47: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)
    0:02:14: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:02:23: Post failed: (-1)
    0:02:23:
    Unknown error
    0:02:23: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)

    This is from my work account. I know my company uses NTLM as their protocol for authentication; I don't know if "Basic Authentication" applies in this instance.

    ....
    It doesn't look like you had it on at least for login, but maybe for
    some other piece... Make sure you have ALL the SSL options unchecked.

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=50430

    Also, are you sure they have Basic Authentication turned on? The NTLM use on your network doesn't really matter. We're just talking about going through the proxy. I don't know if anyone uses that or not. Like Nikolai said, you probably don't need it.

    TRY THIS: Uncheck Basic Authentication and uncheck ALL the SSL options.
    I got it to work without the SSL. (See the link above also.)

    Good Luck!
  • tk421tk421 Registered Users Posts: 6 Beginner grinner
    edited January 24, 2005
    I tried turning off all SSL checkboxes, as well as Basic Authentication. Didn't work:

    0:02:02: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:02:11: Post failed: (-1)
    0:02:11:
    Unknown error
    0:02:11: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)

    Trying with Basic Authentication turned back on also did not work. Having played around in Perl talking to the proxy server, it seems that 1) it requires authentication and 2) the only method it supports is NTLM. <shrug> Don't know enough about this matter to say more than that.

    - Bryan



    bradrob wrote:
    It doesn't look like you had it on at least for login, but maybe for
    some other piece... Make sure you have ALL the SSL options unchecked.

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=50430

    Also, are you sure they have Basic Authentication turned on? The NTLM use on your network doesn't really matter. We're just talking about going through the proxy. I don't know if anyone uses that or not. Like Nikolai said, you probably don't need it.

    TRY THIS: Uncheck Basic Authentication and uncheck ALL the SSL options.
    I got it to work without the SSL. (See the link above also.)

    Good Luck!
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2005
    Bryan, thank for the info!
    tk421 wrote:
    I tried turning off all SSL checkboxes, as well as Basic Authentication. Didn't work:

    0:02:02: Started Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com
    0:02:11: Post failed: (-1)
    0:02:11:
    Unknown error
    0:02:11: Finished Logging in to gecko.smugmug.com (0:00:09)

    Trying with Basic Authentication turned back on also did not work. Having played around in Perl talking to the proxy server, it seems that 1) it requires authentication and 2) the only method it supports is NTLM. <SHRUG>Don't know enough about this matter to say more than that.

    - Bryan
    Hopefully it will help to make it work..

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