The IE API is user specific. As OpenVPN runs as a service using own user or system account, IE API is not suitable. Using WinHTTP indeed looks better.
2010/4/28 <open...@rkmorris.us>: > Hi Samuli, > > > > Very interesting timing! Just last night I was poking about about this a > bit, and I'm not so sure that the proxy approach noted so far is the best / > right way to do this. Rather, to be able to handle dynamic (not just static) > proxy configurations the WinHTTP API looks to me to be the way to do this > (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384097(v=VS.85).aspx for an > example). > > > > I hope this helps! > > > > ... Russell > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 09:01 AM, Samuli Seppänen <sam...@openvpn.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > A while back a user noticed that OpenVPN still uses old IE4 API to > detect proxy settings (e.g. in proxy.c and ieproxy.c). This apparently > causes problems with IE's proxy detection on some Windows installations. > A "new" InternetQueryOption API was introduced in IE5, so this part of > OpenVPN would benefit from an upgrade anyways. Would somebody be > interested in taking up this task? We seem to have a shortage of Windows > devs, so any help would be most welcome! > > For more information about this issue can be found from here: > > * http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/3446 > * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/226473 > > If I've misunderstood the problem, please send clarifications - proxy > usage in OpenVPN is still pretty vague to me :) > > -- > Samuli Seppänen > Community Manager > OpenVPN Technologies, Inc > > irc freenode net: mattock > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > >
