Proxy settings (local addresses)

Hello,
I was wondering if there is a way of adding addresses to be ignored by the proxy? What I'm asking is something similar to the option you find in browsers labeled "Ignore proxy for local addresses <input_box_to_add_addresses>".
The reason why I'm asking this is because I'm using a proxy server to access internet but for Mail of Exchange I need the proxy to be bypassed otherwise it won't work.
Thanks in advance

Have now solved it myself:
1) Create system restore point
2) Uninstall mobile broadband driver and centrino ultimate-N in device manager, but keep files
3) Reboot
4) Lenovo access connections automatically connects to mobile broadband. It's then just a matter of going in there and connecting to wifi also.
Everything is working beautifully now, and switching between wifi and mobile automatically. I think it was just corrupted TCP/IP settings in one or both adaptors.
X230, Core i7, 16GB memory, 512GB Samsung 830 SSD

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Thanks in Advance
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We have been in discussions with Microsoft over the last few days on this issue - which is seen with Outlook 2007 versions onwards. Extract from resolution communication from Microsoft:
The issue you have raised is known as it has been reported and when you have a proxy set in Internet Explorer and “Bypass proxy settings for local addresses”, Outlook will attempt to connect to Office 365 directly – like the bypass rule would apply.
Because the direct connection is blocked in the Firewall, Outlook needs to have the connections going in Timeout before attempting to connect using the Proxy.
Your network trace proves the issue.
Microsoft have scheduled a fix for Outlook 2010 in February 2014 cumulative update. A fix for Outlook 2013 will also follow, but Outlook 2007 will not be addressed because it is in Extended Support.
There are two possible workarounds for this behaviour:
First, and I wouldn’t recommend it, is to allow Direct traffic through the Firewall to Office 365.
The advantage of this approach is that it will be done centralized and it will impact everyone immediately.
Information about the O365 IP addresses
There are two downsides to this behaviour:
1. First you need to maintain the Firewall exceptions as IP from O365 server can change without notice
2. Second, winhttp traffic may go through both proxy and direct and this can cause unforeseen behaviour.
The second approach is to use a proxy pac instead of manually setting in the proxy and the exceptions.
The advantage is that you will have centralized method to control how winhttp traffic goes and the issue will not be experienced anymore.
If a single pac does not be fit, you can configure proxy pac files for each site requirements and use an IIS server to store it.

Bypass Proxy for Local Addresses

All-
With the new 2.0 software, I am now able to connect my 3G iPhone to the WiFi network at work. The network uses an authenticated proxy to get external access. I can access external sites just fine now, but I can't see internal sites. The proxy settings on my work desktop give me the option to "bypass proxy server for local addresses".
Is there any way to do this on an iPhone?
Right now I need to make a choice between access only internal sites or only external sites.
Thanks!
MF

While not wanting to be a total weenie, ME TOO
After a bit of searching, the best we're going to be able to do right now is use a Proxy Auto-Config (.pac) file. I'm drawn to this conclusion from combining a lot of web searches with a peek at the "iPhone and iPod touch Enterprise Deployment Guide, Second Edition" (available at http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/Enterprise_DeploymentGuide.pdf, or via the Apple iPhone Enterprise support page at http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/enterprise/.
Setting the PAC file using the iPhone v2.x software is pretty direct - click the little arrow next to the network you want to configure, scroll down to the bottom where the proxy settings live. Choose "Auto" and enter the Auto-config URL.
That's the good news. The bad news is that I'm not entirely sure what that entails w.r.t. using one with the iPhone software. I'm not entirely clever enough to create such a file nor am I clever enough to know how to stick such a file onto my iPhone. I'm going to run this around my local team to see what they can come up with. If they come up with a solution (and it's simple enough for me to do AND explain), then I'll post a follow-up. Until then, good luck to you AND if you figure something out feel free to share with everyone else.
Ron

Bypass Proxy for Local Addresses - Office 365 connection/ Outlook 2010

This is a strange one. Connectivity to Office 365 within our netwotk works fine although very slow for outlook 2010 client to initially connect. Once connected, it works ok. I have done a netwotk trace using netmon to see if i can identify
the reason for the slow startup (2 mins minumum for profile to load and for outlook to connect to exchange). The trace tell me that my local pc tries to make a direct connection to the office365 external IPs first, then tries the TMG proxy. Once it hits the
proxy, it kicks into life and works.
So it looks to me like it thinks the external IP address of office 365 is an internal address and spends it time trying all the ip addresses until it trys the proxy. At this point, the
Bypass Proxy Server for Local Addresses is ticked.
As soon as i untick this box, all traffic heads directly to the proxy and of course it connects like lighting. The exchange settings proxy is set in outlook for "on fast networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP" (tick
is on) and the same for slow networks.
I cant for the life of me work out why it tries to connect directly to the external IPs first and not connect via TMG until i untick the
Bypass Proxy Server for Local Addresses
Would love any ideas that may assist.

We have been in discussions with Microsoft over the last few days on this issue - which is seen with Outlook 2007 versions onwards. Extract from resolution communication from Microsoft:
The issue you have raised is known as it has been reported and when you have a proxy set in Internet Explorer and “Bypass proxy settings for local addresses”, Outlook will attempt to connect to Office 365 directly – like the bypass rule would apply.
Because the direct connection is blocked in the Firewall, Outlook needs to have the connections going in Timeout before attempting to connect using the Proxy.
Your network trace proves the issue.
Microsoft have scheduled a fix for Outlook 2010 in February 2014 cumulative update. A fix for Outlook 2013 will also follow, but Outlook 2007 will not be addressed because it is in Extended Support.
There are two possible workarounds for this behaviour:
First, and I wouldn’t recommend it, is to allow Direct traffic through the Firewall to Office 365.
The advantage of this approach is that it will be done centralized and it will impact everyone immediately.
Information about the O365 IP addresses
There are two downsides to this behaviour:
1. First you need to maintain the Firewall exceptions as IP from O365 server can change without notice
2. Second, winhttp traffic may go through both proxy and direct and this can cause unforeseen behaviour.
The second approach is to use a proxy pac instead of manually setting in the proxy and the exceptions.
The advantage is that you will have centralized method to control how winhttp traffic goes and the issue will not be experienced anymore.
If a single pac does not be fit, you can configure proxy pac files for each site requirements and use an IIS server to store it.

How do you bypass the proxy for local addresses? It keeps prompting me for user id and password to access an intranet page

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It depends where you publish your pages.
At MobileMe you can password protect a Site in iWeb. A Site is a collection of pages. If you want to protect a single page for a single person, you have to create a Site with one page and protect it.
When publishing at a 3rd party webhost, you can password protect a page or directory in a administration panel. Check with your host. iWeb is not involved there.

JRE proxy bypass for local addresses always bypasses proxy

Hi all,
I'm currently dealing with an issue with the proxy configuration in java.
Situation: I need a proxy server to connect to the internet, and I have some addresses configured in Internet Explorer that bypass the proxy.
example of the way I configured it : *.google.com;212.115.*;62.69.179.198
The address that I am trying to reach is not in the bypass list, or in any of the excluded ranges in the bypass list.
Initially I had java configured using browser settings. I thought it did not pick up the browser settings at all.
However after configuring the proxy manually in java it was still not working.
During the research I came to the conclusion that as soon as I enable the "bypass proxy server for local addresses" in Internet Explorer, or manually in java.
The JRE client automatically bypasses the proxy and is always using "proxy=direct" . As soon as I disable that feature it starts using the proxy server.
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Your message was an eye opener for me. Thanks!
You were right, that option shouldn't be enabled. During testing I got confused and was told that option needed to be enabled to enable the exception list.
But that was a stupid assumption.
I disabled the option bypass proxy for local addresses and just filled in the exception list and now it works again.

Windows 8 and IE10 not accepting Proxy Settings via Group Policy

We have recently introduced a couple of Windows 8 computers in our network, and we are having issues applying the Internet Explorer Proxy Server settings.
We use a Microsoft TMG 2010 server as our proxy server for accessing the internet.
We have been using a GPO with the following settings to automatically configure our Windows 7 computers running IE9 with the appropriate Proxy settings:
User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Internet Explorer Maintenance\Connection/Proxy Settings
“Enable Proxy Settings” : Checked
“Address of proxy” : server.domain.local
“Port” : 8080
“Use the same proxy server for all addresses” : Checked
“Exceptions” : Here we have a list of several internal or partner sites that should not be proxied.
This GPO has worked beautifully for our Windows XP and Windows 7 users with IE 7, 8 and 9.
Now with Windows 8 and IE10, this no longer works.
I’ve therefore added a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller to the network, and using GPMC on that new DC, I created a new GPO with the following settings:
User Configuration\Preferences\Control Panel Settings\Internet Settings\Internet Explorer 10
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Then I click on “Advanced” and setup all my proxy settings the way I would like them, including the proxy server name, port and exceptions list.
When this new group policy gets applied to my Windows 8 PC, the only setting that gets applied is the “Use a proxy server for your LAN”.
It does not configure the name or port of the proxy server nor does it configure the exceptions list.
If I go back to the GPMC, and edit the new GPO, the settings are all there.
However, if I just view the settings from the main GPMC screen (without opening the GPO itself),
I don’t see all of those settings (again, only the one “Use a proxy server…”)
What am I missing???

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I banged my head against the keyboard on this one for some time trying to get this group policy to apply. I
did every thing that was suggested, learning about the F6 and F7 keys to Green underline and Red underline the options required and not required. I even gave in and used the registry settings and it still did not work. It turned out that I had
2 issues. The first one is obvious and the second not so obvious, this is how it is setup:
I have a 2012 R2 Standard DC with Windows 8.1 clients/workstations and IE 11. As you are aware you must make
sure that the following are underlined in green:
Automatically detect settings - (but not ticked)<o:p></o:p>
Use proxy server for your LAN<o:p></o:p>
Bypass Proxy for local address<o:p></o:p>
Next I made sure that the following had red dotted lines:
Address<o:p></o:p>
This still didn't work, so I went through my 'Do Not use proxy servers for addresses beginning with' removed all
of these and then re-added one by one until the problem materialized. The first issue was when using wildcards I had added an entry with the following:
http://domain.subdomain.com/*
Then caused my proxy fields not to be applied, I re-added this just with:<o:p></o:p>
http://domain.subdomain.com/
<o:p>This next one is IMPORTANT.</o:p>
I had these entries in a Word document of which I had copied and pasted from the entry box for 'Do
Not use proxy servers for addresses beginning with'. As shown in the screen shot above provided by SVEN_BURGER I had very similar entries:
http://domain.subdomain.com/;10.*.*.*;172.27.*.*;http://172.27.*.*
Each time I copied and pasted the line (+ more) above the proxy field on the Windows 8.1 client
be blank after using 'gpupdate /force' I then noticed that in my Word document the whole string was being seen as 1 URL due to the http part at the beginning, so I changed my entry to look like this:
10.*.*.*;172.27.*.*;http://172.27.*.*;http://domain.subdomain.com/
I again noticed that this section:
http://172.27.*.*;http://domain.subdomain.com/
Was being seen as one URL in my Word document. To resolve this I had to add the URL's individually and
apply and OK these before going back in and making the next entry. So I ended up adding them all individually after separating the
URL's in my Word document.
I hope this helps.

"Make proxy settings per-machine (rather than per user)" Group Policy setting not applied until login as a local Administrator

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Version\Internet Settings" with the pac file link.
I've tested on my pc, and all was configured without any problem. I've try to login to my computer with another user (without admin rights) and the automatic configuration proxy was compiled and not modificable. It's seems that all works.
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> have a Windows 2008 R2 server, and i've enabled the GPO "Make proxy
> settings per-machine (rather than per user)", and i've add a registry
> key AutoConfigURL in "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current
> Version\Internet Settings" with the pac file link.
In the past, we experienced various issues with machine proxy settings,
so we don't use them anymore. The simple approach:
Block access to the connections page through ADM template settings and
deploy the proxy through GPP Internet Settings.
This is what we do (with a pac file, too), and it works well :)
Martin
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Good or bad GPOs?
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Strange info in "Bypass Proxy Settings for These Hosts and Domains"

For my Mac Mini my Network IP Address always has a self-assigned 169.254 number that I cannot change. Strangely, this same IP number is similar to info that is in the Proxies section (of Network Settings) under "Bypass Proxy Settings for These Hosts and Domains".
No matter what I do, this info (*,local, 169.254/16) appears in my Network Settings in the Proxies section under "Bypass Proxy Settings for These Hosts and Domains". (I tried removing the info and it would cause the "Configure Proxies" selection to default to "Always Use PAC File". Had to go back and retrash all the plist files to have Proxies go back to "Configure Proxies-Manually". Still, the info (*,local, 169.254/16) continues to appear in the "Bypass Proxy Settings for These Hosts and Domains" section and my IP address is always a 169.254 number.)
Comcast cable modem via direct hardwired Ethernet works fine with my other computer, so not the modem. Also, other computer does not have any info in the "Bypass Proxy Settings for These Hosts and Domains" section.
Installed a fresh copy of OS X 11.5 on a new hard drive. Still the same problem.
I posted this issue before but only got one responder and the problem still exists. Any clues? Somebody must know about this stuff. Help please.
Thanks

When your Mac wakes up, it does not yet have an IP Addresss. It wants to send a request to a Router for an apprpriste IP address to use now. But it needs to have an IP address (like a return address) to receive any messages. So, ... wait for it,
... it (your Mac) makes one up. There are rules that ensure it is a random address, but they always start with 169.254. It is on the same subnet with any low-order 16 bits This is the "self-assigned" range of IP Addresses. This address is only good for talking on a local network segment, for things like asking for a valid IP Address from a DHCP-enabled Router.
In most cases, on most networks, the 169.254 self-assigned IP Address is replaced by a valid Local IP Address such as 192.168.xxx yyy or 10.0.xxx.yyy so quickly that you never even see the 169.254 Address.
If you do see the 169.254 Address, it can be read as "Nobody will talk to me" or "Nobody will give me an IP Address". When you have this IP Address for more than an instant, you should suspect bad cables for Ethernet connections, bad signal strength or interference for wireless, Router configuration problems, or Mac configuration problems.
Mac configuration problems are often solved by using the "Assist Me" button is System Preferences > Network and choosing to set up again.
Another diagnostic is to try using Network Utility and the Ping function, and Ping-ing the address of your Airport base Station, often 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1 or similar. This will tell you if the Router is reachable, or there are cabling/wirelss signal problems.
In this case, proxies are not an issue, and are simply a distraction from the real problems.

Proxy settings frequently being ignored

I've got a frustrating issue with proxies that I hope someone can shed some light on.
I've got a relatively normal networking set up (statically assigned IP address via local LAN), and any web access must be via a proxy. I've got my proxies set under networking options, and using Safari I can browse the web, and Software Update works. I have only one Location defined.
I also have a number of other pieces of software installed that access the web and supposedly use the proxies set under networking options. e.g. Version Tracker, Mac Fixit, and a couple of other lesser known pieces.
Now here's the annoying part; a lot of the time these pieces seem to ignore the proxy settings and try to go direct (I know this because I can see the packets bouncing off my gateway/firewall). Other times they will honour the proxy and work as expected (this seems to be the exception rather than the rule however :/ ).
For the life of me I can't figure out what the magic ingredient is when it all works as expected. When it doesn't work properly, I can go to the command line and "scutil --proxy" will show the proxy settings as they should be. But they seem to be either unavailable to the offending applications or the Location is screwed up or something.
Does anyone have any idea on why on earth this might be happening? I'd love to get to the bottom of this and have my proxies work consistently...

Well that prompted me to check again the most notable program I have that has this issue - Version Tracker.
So doing a "Check" results in a connect via HTTPS to the VT servers after the disks have been scanned, which works as expected and I can see the entry in my proxy logs.
CONNECT client.versiontracker.com:443 - DIRECT/66.179.48.104
Then clicking on one of the items that is available to update, which is supposed to load info about the package in the pane below the results, hits my firewall as it tries to go direct via HTTP. So VT is successfully using HTTPS, but not HTTP.
However, as stated originally, my HTTP proxy is definitely set and Safari, et al work when I try and test them. Now I know it's likely that VT itself has some issues in it's code, but I suspect there is something more than just a bug in VT going on here. I've noticed other apps not work as well (these failures are all HTTP). And sometimes VT works and returns the info screen (unless on some rare occasions VT decides to use HTTPS for these screens as well - however, I can't reproduce this; sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't).
So programmatically speaking, is there more than one way for an app to get proxy details? Does the system cache this result anywhere? Is it possible for something to interfere with this process or possibly corrupt any cache, etc? It certainly seems odd that an app can get back (and use) the HTTPS proxy details correctly but not the HTTP proxy details. :/

Bypassing proxy settings does not work

I can't manage to get my Mac to bypass the proxy settings. My bypass settings are:
*.local, 169.254.0.0/16, localhost, 193.230/16, 192.168.0.0/24, 172.16.6.0/24
With these settings if I try to access 172.16.6.120, the server does not respond.
However if my settings look like this:
*.local, 169.254.0.0/16, localhost, 193.230/16, 192.168.0.0/24, 172.16.6.0/24, 192.168.0.252, 172.16.6.120, 172.16.6.130
I can access that IP address with no problems.
I also tried: *.local, 169.254.0.0/16, localhost, 193.230.0.0/16, 192.168.0.0/24, 172.16.6.0/24 and *.local, 169.254.0.0/16, localhost, 193.230/16, 192.168.0.0/24, 172.16.6.* with no success.
Can you please help?

Please update to the current Firefox 22.0 release.
*Help > About Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/update-firefox-latest-version.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Updating+Firefox
The Firefox 21 version that you currently run is no longer supported with security updates.
*It is important to update Firefox and add-ons to the latest version to get all security fixes.
*FoxyProxy Standard: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard/

Exception List in Proxy settings sucks - *.* does not work

If I want to add a proxy settings '''only '''for local addresses I can not do this. In IE I only have to add "*.*" in the exceptions list, but in FireFox the symbol "*" does not work in this way. Is there another way to do that without typing every top domain in the exception list?

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You can try the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard/?src=ss FoxyProxy] extension. Please go through the reviews, FAQs, help and ratings before installing. There may also be similar extensions.

Windows 8 / IE11 forget proxy settings applied by GPO on reboot

I've just about run out of ideas here on what may be causing this. I've toyed with policies quite often, but never ran into this problem before.
Windows 8 with IE11. While there are GPO's active on the system, the settings are kept free to alter by the user if need be. We use a proxy, so I'm required to provide the proxy and the exceptions in a policy to the PC's to make sure they work under normal
conditions. I added a couple of settings in the GPP (Group Policy Preferences) with the correct settings, enabled these settings (green lines) and tested these on a test system. They work fine, I get my proxy settings pushed through.
Then we get to the rollout on the systems that are affected (not that many, just 10 accounts total, all in nearby rooms). I can run a gpupdate /force to reload the settings, and can confirm the proxy settings are applied properly. So the policy itself seems
sound also on the workplaces it needs to be active on. Users still have the option to change the proxy settings on their own discretion, but that's exactly what we want to happen.
Now we run into the problem that when part of these PC's are rebooted, the PC somehow seems to decide the proxy isn't worth its time anymore, and kills all settings for the proxy back to default. Either that, or it just switches the proxy off. Running a
gpupdate /force reapplies the policy and everything starts working again, but WHY is Windows 8 / IE11 adament about forgetting these settings?
The really maddening thing is that on a couple of PC's with Windows 8 and IE11 (and the same policies applied) it isn't a problem and the proxy remains filled in, as I would expect from GPO's. These include my test system, which makes me unable to replicate
the problem and test locally.
I've tried enhancing the policy with using a forced wait for the network to become available) aswell as a forced logonscript run on boot instead the standard 'after 5 minutes'. Find these under 'Computer Configuration - Policy - Administrative Templates
- System - Logon' and 'Computer Configuration - Policy - Administrative Templates - System - Group Policy'. Neither setting seems to work tho. I've also tried going with a Computer Configuration Startup script in which I just request to run 'gpupdate' with
the '/force' as the switches. But this also seems not to do anything.
In short: Does anyone know why Windows 8 / IE11 falls back to something outside the scope of policies, while it accepts the forced policy update with the correct settings when 'gpupdate /force' is issued manually afterwards? And has anyone any idea what
I can do to make sure the policy is applied regardless of what Windows 8 / IE11 thinks it should be?

Just had a go with that... Found out that when I login and refresh the polciy using gpupdate /force, the proxy settings are filled in properly.
Once I reboot tho, the proxy switches itself off (the entries regarding the proxyname and such remain, as does the 'bypass for local addresses, but it's all grayed out). Once I switch the proxy back on, and check under 'Advanced', I find everything in order,
except for the exclusion list which is emptied.
So I forced the gpupdate, verified that the proxy was switched on, and the exclusion list was populated. I then restarted the PC, only to find that above situation (proxy switched off, and exclusionlist empty) had reasserted itself.
Waited a bit and did a forced policy update again. Then verified the logged files (which was just User.txt).
After anonymizing the output a bit, I copied the contents to
http://pastebin.com/YyWswW83 for your review. It looks like it contains 3 batches of GP updates.
The one at 13:20 is likely the primary one in which I forced the GPUpdate. The one at 13:22 is the one issued on the restart of the computer, while the one at 13:24 is the (once again) forced gpupdate.
From my understanding it seems as if the no-change of GPO detection works, but also causes it to skip the policy. Tho I admit that's speculation on my part. Any and all light you (or anyone else) may be able to shine on this, will be greatly appreciated.

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