Opened 11 years ago
#538 new enhancement
HTTP CONNECT proxy traversal
| Reported by: | Jiri Svoboda | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | helenos/unspecified | Version: | mainline |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocker for: | Depends on: | ||
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Description
The HTTP CONNECT method is described in IETF draft standard RFC 2817 sections 5.2 and 5.3. It can be used by a client to ask an HTTP proxy to create a TCP connection on its behalf, accross a restrictive router or firewall.
Some existing applications have built-in support for HTTP CONNECT such as SSH. Support for this method can, however, be implemented in a way that is transparent to applications. Whenever a client makes a TCP connection, HTTP CONNECT should be used, if applicable.
Some questions to consider:
- where to implement this
- how to configure which destinations (do not) require the use of a proxy
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