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Proxy Problems (Was: Re: Fixes View: 0.10.29 Re:(2))

 [1/2] from: ssayer::acuson::com at: 5-Sep-2000 12:31


I think the error you report is secondary to the atypical proxy configuration architecture REBOL has adopted. You'll notice that the error you received indicates it's using the tcp scheme. It used to be that the REBOL sites for view were accessed with http, and while the http scheme relies to some degree on the tcp scheme to do it's thing, I think you'll find like me that the following will work correctly: read http://www.rebol.com/index.r The problem I believe comes down to REBOL's association of proxy use with scheme rather than port and transport protocol (tcp, udp), the more typical manner in which firewalls restrict access to network resources. The deviation from this proxy configuration architecture by the nature of their using tcp rather than http to read resources for the View interface gives a glimpse of other proxy related issues that will inevitably arise secondary to this approach. I'm sure many of us can appreciate the implications of this, i.e. we now have to configure REBOL to also direct tcp scheme connections through the proxy to handle "built-in" View connections but tcp scheme connections to server ports not used for http will no longer work because the proxy won't handle them. Soon we'll find ourselves rewriting the proxy settings in the system in our code to accomodate connections based on connection port. This I'm sure is not what was intended by the design. In my report to feedback on this and the other side effects of this you haven't mentioned, I hope to suggest that they revisit the approach to proxy configuration/handling. This is clearly a challenging issue for such a highly versatile product and I'm sure our friends at REBOL Technologies will strive to provide a solution that is loyal not only to it's commitment to be portable across platforms but also to network security architectures. Sincerely, Stephen Sayer On Mon, 4 Sep 2000 [Petr--Krenzelok--trz--cz] wrote:

 [2/2] from: ptretter:charter at: 5-Sep-2000 13:11


Maybe this is why I cant connect with MSPROXY. Has anyone had any luck getting /View or /Core to work with MSPROXY.