2.3.1 supports non-authenticating proxies for https using SOAPHTTPConnection.  The 
nightly build supports authenticating proxies (basic auth) as well.

Scott Nichol

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve D George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 6:29 AM
Subject: Current situation with SOAP over SSL


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> Hi, I last used Apache SOAP over SSL in early 2002. At the time, I remember
> having to use patched versions of HTTPUtils and SSLUtils to allow SSL
> through a proxy and I also had to use a SOAP transport class that supported
> HTTPS since I don't think that SOAPHTTPConnection did at the time.
> 
> There are a whole host of posts on using SOAP over SSL on the mail archive
> but I'd like to get an indication of what the current situation is with the
> latest version 2.3.1 of SOAP. I see that the SSL through a proxy bug was
> fixed in version 2.3 but what about the need to use a SOAP transport that
> supports HTTPS. Does SOAPHTTPConnection now support this?
> 
> If I have an application that successfully connects with a web service over
> HTTP, assuming that I enable access to that service over SSL on the server,
> is it just a matter of changing the target URL of the service to https://
> and then configuring JSSE in my client app?
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> Thanks,
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> Steve.
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