[ale] Re: Next proxy question

[Christopher Fowler]

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

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While trying to retrieve the URL: /http://10.5.5.176/

The following error was encountered:

      * Invalid URL
Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. Possible problems:

      * Missing or incorrect access protocol (should be `http://'' or
        similar)
      * Missing hostname
      * Illegal double-escape in the URL-Path
      * Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed
Your cache administrator is root. 

On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 15:35, Andy Warner wrote:
> Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > My proxy server is 192.168.3.1:8181 and will only proxy to machines
> > across a wan via dial-up and vtun.  I need from IE somehow use that
> > proxy on a temp basis without having to go into proxy setup each time a
> > user needs access to those machines.
> > 
> > One idea was to try this:
> > 
> > http://192.168.3.1:8181/10.0.5.176/
> > 
> > That does not even look right.  Is there any way to use a proxy server
> > on demand or should I create a proxy server that will support that
> > feature.  Maybe the browser will choke?
> 
> The only reference I can find specifies a chained proxy url
> like this:
> 
> 	http://192.168.3.1:8131/http://10.5.5.176/
> 
> I cannot say I have ever used a URL of that format, and I don't even
> know if it is legal (I guess a quick look at the URI spec would
> probably tell you.)