From: StellaDrinker@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com   
      
   "Steve Gerrard" 's wild thoughts   
   were released on Sat, 8 Apr 2006 09:53:09 -0700 bearing the   
   following fruit:   
      
   >   
   >"David Moss"  wrote in message   
   >news:MPG.1ea20c05b9897254989d7c@news.bigpond.com...   
   >> In article ,   
   >> StellaDrinker@REMOVE.ME.uboot.com writes...   
   >>   
   >> Thanks, but this only works if the user is savvy enough to know their   
   >> proxy server address or the proxy has been directly entered in the   
   >> Internet Explorer proxy settings.   
   >>   
   >   
   >I am curious about why are you having to mess with a proxy at all?   
   >I thought your client app would specify a web address, for either a web page   
   or   
   >a web service, and make its request. If there is some proxy-stuff going on   
   >behind the scenes to get you connected to that address, so what?   
      
   If your behind a proxy server you can't do anything without   
   providing credentials. Even the VB.Net IDE doesn't work   
   correctly from behind a proxy.   
      
   >If one of the users enters www.google.com in a browser, presumably they get   
   >taken to that site, regardless of the hoops in between. How is your app   
   >different?   
      
   No you wouldn't, you'd at best be propted for the proxy   
   authentication, at worsed be denied access.   
      
   >I would actually like to know, since I am embarking on some corporate web   
   >development, and may be running through proxies in some cases.   
      
   Best thing is to try it from behind a proxy yourself and see   
   what a PITA it is.   
      
      
      
      
   Jan Hyde (VB MVP)   
      
   --   
   Inheritance: Will gotten gains (Stan Kegel)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)