Specify secure web proxy with a password
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Description
We would like to be able to specify a secure proxy, i.e. connection between browser and the proxy itself is secured by TLS. The proxy also needs to authenticate the browser with a password.
On Unix, this is possible by setting the following environment variables, depending on the destination's schema.
export http_proxy=https://user:pass@proxy.example.com:port # for http destinations.
export https_proxy=https://user:pass@proxy.example.com:port # for https destinations.
Some browsers allow PAC to specify the HTTPS proxy type to make use of the secure proxy, but PAC does not allow specifying passwords.
Currently, the W3C WebDriver recommendation only allows specifying httpProxy for http destinations and sslProxy for https destinations. It expects the proxy to speak plain HTTP without a password.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the W3C WebDriver recommendation's current httpProxy and sslProxy capability definitions, then compare them with the secure proxy and environment-variable examples in this issue. Done means the specification clearly defines secure proxy connections and password authentication for the relevant destination schemas.
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Assessment
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100