Top "Proxy" questions

A proxy is a device or program that stands between two or more interconnected programs or devices.

What is the function of the "Vary: Accept" HTTP header?

I use PHP to generate dynamic Web pages. As stated on the following tutorial (see link below), the MIME type …

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http 407 proxy authentication required : how to handle in java code

System.setProperty("http.proxySet", "true"); System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true"); System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "192.168.1.103"); System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "3128"); System.…

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How do I use cygwin behind the corporate firewall

I'm in a Microsoft IE environment, but I want to use cygwin for a number of quick scripting tasks. How …

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Proxy which requires authentication with Android Emulator

Has anybody managed to get the Android Emulator working behind a proxy which requires authentication? I've tried setting the -http-proxy …

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Real life usage of the X-Forwarded-Host header?

I've found some interesting reading on the X-Forwarded-* headers, including the Reverse Proxy Request Headers section in the Apache documentation, …

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Why "Content-Length: 0" in POST requests?

A customer sometimes sends POST requests with Content-Length: 0 when submitting a form (10 to over 40 fields). We tested it with different …

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How do you detect a VPN or Proxy connection?

I would like to block all connections to my server that use a VPN or Proxy. Is there anyway to …

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Node NPM proxy authentication - how do I configure it?

I'm new to Node and trying to install TypeScript using the following command: npm install -g typescript I get the …

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Programmatically Set Browser Proxy Settings in C#

I'm writing an winforms app that needs to set internet explorer's proxy settings and then open a new browser window. …

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Using a socks proxy with git for the http transport

How to make git use a socks proxy for HTTP transport? I succeed in configuring git with GIT_PROXY_COMMAND …

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