HtpsURLConnection and Proxy Servers

Question

I am trying to get the HttpsURLConnection object to leverage the HttpUrlConection Proxy Server capabilities however it appears as though it is ignoreing the setting of the system properties:
// Setup the system properties for use of proxies.
Properties prop = System.getProperties();
prop.put( "http.proxyHost", m_proxyServerAddress);
prop.put( "http.proxyPort", m_proxyServerPort);
If I turn on the SSL debug via
System.setProperty( "javax.net.debug", "all" );
I see the intial KeyStore unpacking and the seeding of the random key but it essentially times out with a 10060 error. It is behaving as though the HttpsUrlConnection is not reacting to the http.proxyHost and httpProxyPort settings. I was at least expecting the connection to continue with the SSL hello negotiations or at a minimum get a 407 Proxy Authentication.
In my research I see that there exists a socksProxyHost
property that I can set and I am wondering if this is what I should be using in an SSL - HTTPS context.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Ken Crismon
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RioLabs

Answer 1

I remember reading somewhere in the examples that come with Java Secure Socket Extension that the properties to set for HTTPS URLs to work through proxies, the properties to set are https.proxyHost and https.proxyPort i.e. https instead of http