Using Proxies

Connecting an application to the HTTP Proxy Server 192.168.100.37 on port 8080 can be done in any one of the following ways.

(a) Set the host and port as parameters in client applications:

CODE

env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.HTTP_PROXY_URL, "http://192.168.100.37:8080");

If the client is to connect to the SOCKS proxy Server

CODE

env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.SOCKS_PROXY_URL, "http://192.168.100.37:1080");

(b) Set JVM parameters through the run-client.bat (run-client.sh for UNIX Systems) file:

Modify the run-client.bat (run-client.sh on UNIX Systems), so as to add the following arguments to the VM (VM properties):

CODE

-Dhttp.proxyHost=192.168.100.37 -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080

If the client is to connect to the SOCKS proxy Server 192.168.100.37 on port 1080, modify run-client.bat (run-client.sh on UNIX Systems):

CODE

-Dhttp.socksHost=192.168.100.37 -Dhttp.socksPort=1080

Client applications can be customized for popular proxy servers such as MicrosoftISAProxy and Netscape Proxy, using the HTTP_PROXY_TYPE parameter. This parameter can be specified in client applications.

CODE

env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.HTTP_PROXY_TYPE,FioranoJNDIContext.MS_ISA_PROXY);

Proxy Authentication

Various Proxy Authentication parameters such as the Authentication Realm username and password can be specified from the client application as JNDi environment variables:

CODE

env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REALM, "LDAP");
env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.PROXY_PRINCIPAL, "fiorano");
env.put (FioranoJNDIContext.PROXY_CREDENTIALS, "fiorano");