Re: Using a http or socks proxy with svn:// protocol

michal.fita_at_gmail.com wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 09:11, fpiette <francois.piette_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> HTTP proxies by definition only handle HTTP traffic. svn:// is not
>> HTTP, so that's not going to happen.
>
> The above statament is NOT TRUE! I have working ssh and some other
> services by HTTP Proxy in my company.

Only if your HTTP proxy also proxies HTTPS, and only if the destination
port you want to connect to isn't filtered in some way - which it often
is by limiting HTTPS connections to port 443.

But yes, HTTP proxies can tunnel HTTPS and other outbound requests that
aren't HTTP, as can SOCKS proxies.

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