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autoproxy(n)		 HTTP protocol helper modules		  autoproxy(n)

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NAME
       autoproxy - Automatic HTTP proxy usage and authentication

SYNOPSIS
       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require http  ?2.0?

       package require autoproxy  ?1.5.1?

       ::autoproxy::init

       ::autoproxy::cget -optionname

       ::autoproxy::configure ?-option value?

       ::autoproxy::tls_connect args

       ::autoproxy::tunnel_connect args

       ::autoproxy::tls_socket args

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DESCRIPTION
       This  package attempts to automate the use of HTTP proxy servers in Tcl
       HTTP client code. It tries to initialize the web access	settings  from
       system  standard locations and can be configured to negotiate authenti‐
       cation with the proxy if required.

       On Unix the standard for identifying the local HTTP proxy server	 seems
       to  be  to  use	the  environment  variable http_proxy or ftp_proxy and
       no_proxy to list those domains to be excluded from proxying.   On  Win‐
       dows  we can retrieve the Internet Settings values from the registry to
       obtain pretty much the same information.	 With this information we  can
       setup  a suitable filter procedure for the Tcl http package and arrange
       for automatic use of the proxy.

       There seem to be a number of ways that the http_proxy environment vari‐
       able may be set up. Either a plain host:port or more commonly a URL and
       sometimes the URL may contain authentication parameters or these may be
       requested   from	  the	user   or  provided  via  http_proxy_user  and
       http_proxy_pass. This package attempts to deal with all these  schemes.
       It  will	 do it's best to get the required parameters from the environ‐
       ment or registry and if it fails can be reconfigured.

COMMANDS
       ::autoproxy::init
	      Initialize the autoproxy package from  system  resources.	 Under
	      unix this means we look for environment variables. Under windows
	      we look for the same environment variables but also look at  the
	      registry settings used by Internet Explorer.

       ::autoproxy::cget -optionname
	      Retrieve individual package configuration options. See OPTIONS.

       ::autoproxy::configure ?-option value?
	      Configure	 the  autoproxy	 package.  Calling  configure  with no
	      options will return a list of all option names and values.   See
	      OPTIONS.

       ::autoproxy::tls_connect args
	      Connect  to  a secure socket through a proxy. HTTP proxy servers
	      permit the use of the  CONNECT  HTTP  command  to	 open  a  link
	      through the proxy to the target machine. This function hides the
	      details. For use with the http package see tls_socket.

	      The args list may contain any of the  tls	 package  options  but
	      must end with the host and port as the last two items.

       ::autoproxy::tunnel_connect args
	      Connect  to  a  target host throught a proxy. This uses the same
	      CONNECT HTTP command as the tls_connect but does not promote the
	      link security once the connection is established.

	      The  args	 list  may  contain any of the tls package options but
	      must end with the host and port as the last two items.

	      Note that many proxy servers will permit CONNECT calls to a lim‐
	      ited  set	 of  ports  - typically only port 443 (the secure HTTP
	      port).

       ::autoproxy::tls_socket args
	      This function is to be used to  register	a  proxy-aware	secure
	      socket  handler for the https protocol. It may only be used with
	      the  Tcl	http  package  and  should  be	registered  using  the
	      http::register  command  (see  the  examples  below). The job of
	      actually creating	 the  tunnelled	 connection  is	 done  by  the
	      tls_connect  command  and	 this may be used when not registering
	      with the http package.

OPTIONS
       host hostname

       proxy_host hostname
	      Set the proxy hostname. This is normally set up by init but  may
	      be configured here as well.

       port number

       proxy_port number
	      Set  the	proxy  port  number.  This is normally set up by init.
	      e.g. configure -port 3128

       no_proxy list
	      You may manipulate the no_proxy list that was setup by init. The
	      value  of	 this option is a tcl list of strings that are matched
	      against the http request host using the tcl  string  match  com‐
	      mand. Therefore glob patterns are permitted.  For instance, con‐
	      figure -no_proxy *.localdomain

       authProc procedure
	      This option may be used to set an application defined  procedure
	      to  be  called when configure -basic is called with either no or
	      insufficient authentication details. This can be used to present
	      a dialog to the user to request the additional information.

       -basic Following	 options  are for configuring the Basic authentication
	      scheme parameters. See Basic Authentication.

BASIC AUTHENTICATION
       Basic is the simplest and most commonly use HTTP	 proxy	authentication
       scheme. It is described in (1 section 11) and also in (2). It offers no
       privacy whatsoever and its use should be discouraged in favour of  more
       secure  alternatives  like  Digest. To perform Basic authentication the
       client base64 encodes the username and plaintext password separated  by
       a  colon.  This	encoded	 text  is prefixed with the word "Basic" and a
       space.

       The following options exists for this scheme:

       -username name
	      The username required to authenticate with the configured proxy.

       -password password
	      The password required for the username specified.

       -realm realm
	      This option is not used.

EXAMPLES
       package require autoproxy
       autoproxy::init
       autoproxy::configure -basic -username ME -password SEKRET
       set tok [http::geturl http://wiki.tcl.tk/]
       http::data $tok

       package require http
       package require tls
       package require autoproxy
       autoproxy::init
       http::register https 443 autoproxy::tls_socket
       set tok [http::geturl https://www.example.com/]

REFERENCES
       [1]    Berners-Lee, T., Fielding R. and Frystyk, H.  "Hypertext	Trans‐
	      fer  Protocol -- HTTP/1.0", RFC 1945, May 1996, (http://www.rfc-
	      editor.org/rfc/rfc1945.txt)

       [2]    Franks, J. et al.	 "HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access
	      Authentication",	 RFC   2617,  June  1999  (http://www.rfc-edi‐
	      tor.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt)

BUGS
       At this time only Basic authentication (1)  (2)	is  supported.	It  is
       planned to add support for Digest (2) and NTLM in the future.

AUTHORS
       Pat Thoyts

BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK
       This  document,	and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
       bugs and other problems.	 Please report such in the  category  http  ::
       autoproxy     of	    the	   Tcllib    SF	   Trackers    [http://source‐
       forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any  ideas  for
       enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.

SEE ALSO
       http(n)

KEYWORDS
       authentication, http, proxy

CATEGORY
       Networking

http				     1.5.1			  autoproxy(n)
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