hi amos

> Welcome to the world of security protection against 
> man-in-middle attacks (the correct name for 'transparent' 
> interception proxy mode).
> 
> Windows Update requires a HTTPS authentication request to 
> succeed before it will update. The authenticator 
> unconditionally verifies the security certificates as all 
> good browsers and web clients should also be doing.
> 
> ... catch my drift?

yes, but normally some message is popping up to the customer saying: yeah dude, 
there's a certificate but it's wrong. you want me to do something?
but i see, i have to 'bypass' microsoft updates on the firewall instead of 
forwarding it the to proxy.... thats a hack, and i dont like hacks.. ,-(

-steven

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