Who uses the Modeler behind a proxy server?

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We are currently looking at improving proxy server support in Modeler 3.0 and we would like to hear from people who use the Modeler from behind a proxy server. In the 3.0.0-beta all internet access except for the Team Server uses the system-wide proxy settings accessible through your web browser. For the Team Server you have to install TortoiseSVN and use its proxy settings. We would like to improve that situation by allowing you to configure the proxy settings in the Modeler and use those settings both for the Team Server and all other internet content (sprintr, AppStore, forum...). We also plan to allow for multiple proxy settings so that you can vary them based on your location. Our questions are: what settings do you need to be able to configure? Server address and port are enough in the test setup we have here. Do you need other settings? Do the proxy servers you have dealt with require username and password? SSL certificates are already supported in the 3.0.0-beta. If you find issues with SSL support we would like to hear about that, too. Thanks in advance for any information!
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Hi Arjan,

Good question!

I am currently working for a customer that only allows internet access through their proxy server. Sometimes I need to change these settings during the day if I visit multiple customers. This currently means changing both the settings in Internet Explorer and in the 'servers' SVN config file (which is an alternative for using TortoiseSVN, located in %APPDATA%\Subversion on Windows 7).

The proxy I use at the moment doesn't require authentication. But a 'normal' HTTP/HTTPS proxy could require authentication using username/password. So an option 'Authentication required' is definitely needed, after which you would need to set your username/password.

However, I'm not sure of the type of authentication that is communicated with the proxy server. Some proxies simply use Basic or Digest authentication over HTTP, but I know that Microsoft Proxy server might require NTLM (or Windows desktop/domain) authentication.

I would very much like the option to 'fast switch' between different proxy configurations. Saving the proxy configuration in the project settings might be useful. However, authentication credentials shouldn't be saved, because they will probably differ between team members. Both depend on the current network details, which can change during the day.

See also IETF RCF's number 2068 and 2617 on HTTP/1.1 and HTTP Authentication.

Hope this helps!

Kind regards,

Jonathan van Alteren - FlowFabric

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You should take a look at this example:

I think a lot of parameters are covered there.

https://forum.mendix.com/questions/1649/Proxy-settings-in-Mendix-modeler

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