Transparent proxying doesn't work with authentication. (Sure, there are a bunch of alternate 'sideband' authentication methods but at the end of the day, the fact remains that a lot of networks are incrementally evolved over time and have old-but-valid configurations such as this..)
On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 6:32 AM, Kiall Mac Innes <[email protected]> wrote: > seriously .. there are networks out there in this day and age require that > you to enter the proxy settings everytime you connect to their network > (since you would have to remove the settings to use your laptop on your home > network)? > > Transparant proxying is trivial to setup and completely bypasses the need > for clients to be aware of the proxy... maybe the feature request should be > lodged with your network services team? > > Okay so that was a bit harsh ;) but still .. I'm very suprised to see this > kind of setup anymore! > > On 19 May 2010 10:46, "Colin Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > > At the moment, there is a huge hole in the WiFi implementation in > android because of the lack of proxy support. This effectively > precludes use of android on many corporate networks, universities, > schools etc., due to the requirement in many organisations for > internet traffic to go via a proxy. > > The issue is discussed here: > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1273 > > Is there anyone actually looking at the issue? It's been open on the > tracker for 18 months, but is still sat at new (not even reviewed)? > > It seems like such a critical failure, particularly if we want Android > to gain more acceptance. In the corporate market at the moment for > many there's no choice between Android/iPhone because the OS doesn't > provide WIFI proxy support. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-discuss%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
