Re: proxy authentication

[Stefan Feilmeier <stefan deeproot in>]

On Di, 2007-01-30 at 18:56 +0000, Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> On 1/30/07, Stefan Feilmeier <stefan deeproot in> wrote:
> > Yes, http_proxy is in that form and works fine e.g. with wget. I have
> > bleading edge Ubuntu Feisty Fawn running. This is the output of "mono
> > --version":
> > Mono JIT compiler version 1.2.2.1, (C) 2002-2006 Novell, Inc and
> 
> Okay, that version should be reading http_proxy and passing it to the
> WebProxy(string uri) constructor (though the 407 response suggested
> that was the case).
> 
> This suggests that the WebProxy class is not handling the
> authentication info in the URI. I don't know if it does under MS .NET,
> but I think it would be useful behaviour. 

I just tried setting a different http_proxy and traced f-spot with
wireshark. It is as you said: the http_proxy variable is used but
authentication information is not handled.

> This is probably worth reporting on Bugzilla.

Could you please do that for me? I don't know anything about mono
and .NET...

Cheers,
Stefan