On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:58 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Well, > > In my office all communication goes through same http proxy, > including https. I guess they do pass-thru somehow.
Think about it. With HTTPS, only the two endpoints are able to read the content of the transmission. How can the proxy get involved? If the proxy could come into play, that would mean that HTTPS was vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack - it would be a serious weakness of HTTPS. > > - Altu > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: D. Richard Hipp <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 9:02 pm > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] https doesn't work through proxy? > > HTTPS by its very nature cannot use a proxy. It must go direct. > > I should probably enhance Fossil so that it automatically bypasses the > proxy when using HTTPS. Until then, you can use the "--proxy off" > command-line option to disable the proxy when using HTTPS. > > > D. Richard Hipp > [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users D. Richard Hipp [email protected] _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
