Hello Everybody. I have a nice problem: i need an application to get to a url i give it, but trough a proxy. Now, the application does not support proxy usage, so that i have to work it around. I was thinking about 2 options: - "injecting" the proxy in the url i need the app to surf. Something like: http://proxy:port/url which did not work. - Writing a .pac file on the server, and "injecting" the path of the file in the url, chaned somehow with the url i need the app to surf to. But i have no idea how to do it... Suggestions?

You need to talk to the system admin. They might allow you to bypass their proxy. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

I am the sys admin. And there is no way to bypass the proxy from this net...

Now, the application does not support proxy usage, so that i have to work it around. You're kidding right!?!? At the risk of sounding (and maybe in this case even "being") rude, "WHERE IS YOUR HEAD AT?" If the application doesn't support using a proxy your ONLY recourse is to: a) Find another application that does the same job but does allow use of a proxy or b) Contact the manufacturer of said application and try to talk them into rewriting it to allow proxy usage.

You've probably never been a sys admin of a big organization, uh? well if you have, you should know that every product you buy, is mostly by an auction, so that changing the product can take a very looong time and money. And also, you can always make a feature request from the manufacturer, but you should know that it can also take months, so that, in the meantime you have to find a work around. So, if you have anything to suggest, i'll be very glad to hear.

Actually, in the 15+ years I've been involved in the IT industry I've been sysadmin for small, medium and large companies and any software I purchased was done so only after exhaustive research to ensure the application(s) did what we needed them to do and would interface properly with the rest of the hardware and software in our environment. I've never gone to, or participated in, a "software auction" and I would NEVER buy anything without first thoroughly testing it. If that's not the case where you work you have my sincerest sympathy.