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Re: CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD

From: Jerry G. Chiuan <jerry_at_oridus.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:51:08 -0700

> Subject: Re: CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD
> Jerry G. Chiuan wrote:
>
> >I use CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD for my proxy authenticaiton.
> >however, I found my app keeps retrying and the proxy keeps returning "Proxy
> >Authentication Required"
> >I also found that the app never sends out "username:passwd"
> >( I use sniffer to capture all packets to debug )
> >
> Squid uses BASIC authentification. You will see the username:passwd only
> Base64 encoded.
> Lookup for a line with the header-tag "Authorization:"
> Authorization: Basic <Base64>

But I don't see any stuff in http header like "Authorization:"
what is the problem usually when this happens?

basically, I only insert one more line into my codes for proxy authentication
curl_easy_setopt(easyHandle, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, "loginname:passwd");

thanks
- Jerry

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Received on 2003-09-25