Authenticating a Mac into a Windows-based Proxy Server.

Question

Hello.
Once again, I have come to find help from the wisest Mac users there are.
Now, my school network is Windows based. I can connect to the network and I can access the INTRANET (which contains the webmail and moodle, our CMS, etc.), but I cannot get through the proxy to get onto the INTERNET.
I use DAVE X to connect to the shared drives on the server. I tried to get DAVE X to authenticate to the proxy with the NT credential, although it did not work. I also tried to authenticate using Authoxy using its authentication method, but that also did not work.
The built in authentication also does not work. The page I get whatever authentication method I try (or even if I try without authentication) is "Access Denied".
What I know is that the school uses WinGate or BlueCoat to handle proxy authentication and then they use WinProxy to censor material deemed inappropriate to be displayed in a school environment.
Hopefully we have some users here who are knowlegable in this area and can help me with this problem.
I thank you in advance.
Jeffrey

Answer 1

Hello. I'm also having trouble with a proxy and authentication, which is why I ran across your post.
Have you tried using Firefox (and entering your proxy information in its preferences - Firefox doesn't use proxies specified in System Preferences)?
In my situation, software that relies on the proxy settings in System Preferences (Safari, iTunes, Widgets, Software Update) does not work. It doesn't matter what I enter for name and password, it never works.
However, if I enter the same proxy info in Firefox, Firefox can successfully authenticate and I can surf the Web.
This probably won't help you much but I thought I'd throw it out there. Good luck!