Thanks for the feedback. andreas. I am looking into how to work my own connection logic into the code. Google has quickly become my friend and I am actually poking at cURL (pyCurl) to see what benefit it will be.
Thanks again. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > HTTPS over a proxy (CONNECT) hasn't worked for a long time in python > (actually it has never worked). > > A quick glance at the 2.4 Changelog doesn't suggest that this has been > fixed. > > So basically you've got the following options: > a) redo your own http/https support. > b) look around on the net for some patches to httplib (google is your friend) > be aware that these are quite old patches. > c) using some external solution, like pycURL. > > Andreas > > > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 12:53:11PM -0400, Andrew Bushnell wrote: > >>Thanks for the update. I will/can keep you posted. I know for a fact we >>use a Squid proxy which sounds like what you are using. I am going to >>check out the faq you sent and see what it comes up with. I have also >>been perusing the net a bit and looking at other client packages and see >>if they work, such as cURL etc. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Andrew >> >>Bloke wrote: >> >>>Andrew, >>> >>>It seems I'm not the only one going nuts here. I have just spent the >>>last 4 hrs stepping through the code in the debugger. It seems to get >>>stuck somewhere in the socket module (when it calls ssl) but haven't as >>>yet figured out exactly where. >>> >>>I am _very_ interested to find that you have the same prob with a >>>non-authenticating proxy. I had considered I was doing something wrong >>>with the authentication, but from what you say, and from what I have >>>deduced from the code, it is not the authentication that is at fault. >>> >>>Like you, a standard browser works fine, so I'm inclined to think there >>>is something buggy with the way the sockets module talks to the proxy. >>>There has been some suggestion that it may me a 'Microsoftish' proxy >>>which is at fault, but I believe it is a Squid proxy our company uses. >>> >>>There is an interesting note here ( >>>http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html setcion 11.34 ) >>>regarding malformed https requests sent through Squid with buggy >>>clients. It may be worth looking into. >>> >>>Anyway, if you have any luck, _please_ let me know - I'm getting >>>desparate. >>> >> >>-- >>************************************ >>Andrew Bushnell >>Lead Development Engineer >>Fluent Inc. >>10 Cavendish Court >>Centerra Resource Park >>Lebanon, NH 03766 >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Phone: 603-643-2600, ext. 757 >>Fax: 603-643-1721 >>www.fluent.com >>************************************ >>-- >>http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- ************************************ Andrew Bushnell Lead Development Engineer Fluent Inc. 10 Cavendish Court Centerra Resource Park Lebanon, NH 03766 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 603-643-2600, ext. 757 Fax: 603-643-1721 www.fluent.com ************************************ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
