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Rebol behind a proxy

 [1/3] from: al::bri::xtra::co::nz at: 8-Feb-2001 22:01


I'm trying out Rebol behind a proxy at my local high school where I'm working during the day. I don't know what type of proxy it is, neither does the "network administrator" (he knows less than I do about the system!) know what type of proxy it is. I believe it's an old proxy, and with tests, I've discovered that SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and SOCKS seem to work (I think). Normally, to access the internet, I launch a browser (Netscape 4.7 IIRC) and the proxy diverts the first page request to a local page with a Java Applet that collects a username and password. If I use any other browser, Opera 5, MSIE 5.5, Netscape 6, the Java applet comes up with missing buttons and text entry fields or doesn't work. The username and password that everyone uses is the same, it's not related to email address or anything else. So my question is: how do I get Rebol to connect to the outside world without having to launch Netscape first and logon to/through the proxy? Thank you in advance. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/

 [2/3] from: greg_piney:mcgraw-hill at: 8-Feb-2001 9:41


Andrew, I do it all day, every day. Put the following, appropriately changed, lines in your 'user.r'. system/schemes/default/proxy/user: "the_username" system/schemes/default/proxy/pass: "the_password" system/schemes/default/user: "the_username" ;username for email login system/schemes/default/pass: "the_password" ;password for email login It sounds like you already have the 'set-net' directive correct. Greg Piney Standard and Poor's Web Engineering Andrew Martin <[Al--Bri--xtra--co--nz]> on 02/08/2001 04:01:46 AM Please respond to [rebol-list--rebol--com] To: [rebol-list--rebol--com] cc: (bcc: Greg Piney/McGraw-Hill/US) Subject [REBOL] Rebol behind a proxy : I'm trying out Rebol behind a proxy at my local high school where I'm working during the day. I don't know what type of proxy it is, neither does the "network administrator" (he knows less than I do about the system!) know what type of proxy it is. I believe it's an old proxy, and with tests, I've discovered that SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and SOCKS seem to work (I think). Normally, to access the internet, I launch a browser (Netscape 4.7 IIRC) and the proxy diverts the first page request to a local page with a Java Applet that collects a username and password. If I use any other browser, Opera 5, MSIE 5.5, Netscape 6, the Java applet comes up with missing buttons and text entry fields or doesn't work. The username and password that everyone uses is the same, it's not related to email address or anything else. So my question is: how do I get Rebol to connect to the outside world without having to launch Netscape first and logon to/through the proxy? Thank you in advance. Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/

 [3/3] from: al:bri:xtra at: 10-Feb-2001 12:09


Greg wrote:
> I do it all day, every day. Put the following, appropriately changed,
lines in your 'user.r'.
> system/schemes/default/proxy/user: "the_username" > system/schemes/default/proxy/pass: "the_password" > system/schemes/default/user: "the_username" ;username for email
login
> system/schemes/default/pass: "the_password" ;password for email login > > It sounds like you already have the 'set-net' directive correct.
Thanks Greg! Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work for me. But that's probably the fault of the proxy and the network. I found more problems with the network, including the interesting problem that all of the computer's desktops seem to reside on the server. So that whenever the mouse moves or the start menu is clicked, each computer must fetch information over the network instead of from the local hard disk drive! Andrew Martin ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/