May I Use Your Proxy Server to Test Authentication?

[wrecks]

I'm an independent software developer looking for a password-protected HTTP proxy server so I can test my program and make sure it handles it correctly.

I wonder if someone would be willing to set up a username and password for me on their WinGate server?

If you want, you could limit access to the domain provalps.com so there's not much harm I could do.

See my web site http://www.rexswain.com if you want to confirm who I am.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to help.[/url]

[genie]

You can install Wingate on your network and run your tests locally.

[wrecks]

Yes, but I was hoping for the kindness of some stranger to save me the time of installing and figuring out how to configure WinGate.

[adrien]

It's about a 10 minute job

1. download wingate
2. install it. depending on what auth mechanisms you want to try, choose either wingate or windows user database. for NTLM you'll need the windows one.
3. the default install creates a www proxy. To make it require auth go online with gatekeeper (the admin application), choose the services tab, double click the www proxy, choose the policies tab.

Choose default rights "are ignored", click add, choose everyone, choose "must be authenticated" for NTLM, or "may be assumed" for HTTP basic auth. Click OK etc etc.

Now point your web browser at the www proxy.

Some potential gotchas if things don't go as planned
1. check interface settings. gatekeeper->network->network connections. These must be internal/external as applicable. Double click to edit.

That should do it.

Adrien