web-proxy

Best practices for URL retrieval service? How to avoid being attack vector?

I'm tinkering with a web tool that, given a URL, will retrieve the text and give the user some statistics on the content. I'm worried that giving users a way to initiate a GET request from my box to any arbitrary URL on the net may serve as a vector for attacks (e.g. to http://undefended.box/broken-sw/admin?do_something_bad). Are there...

Error creating Web proxy

I have a CLR enabled .NET app that accesses a webservice and writes an xml file to a webserver for a SQLServer SSIS package to digest. Everything works fine on the development servers, but the production server returns the following error: Error creating the Web Proxy specified in the 'system.net/defaultProxy' configuration se...

Consume restful webservice through web proxy

Hello, I'm trying to consume a restful webservice in java using the Apache Wink framework through my school web proxy requiring authentification ClientConfig clientConfig = new ClientConfig(); clientConfig.proxyHost("proxy.school.com"); clientConfig.proxyPort(3128); //nothing to set username and password :( RestClient client = new Res...