Using MAcMini/Mavericks as private proxy server

Hi,
I would like to use my home based MacMini running Mavericks as a proxy server while being outside Germany.
Is there any software/addon I could install?
I do not want to use a public proxy server.
Thanks,
Andre

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Using a Mac with a proxy server

Hi I’m very new to Macs to apologies if this is a really silly question. I’m
trying to setup a Mac on our network and I’m having an issue getting it to work
properly with our proxy server. I have connected the Mac to the network and
selected automatic proxy configuration in the network settings using the URL of
our Pac file. I am asked for a proxy username and password when I initially try and
access a website but once I have entered my credentials they are saved in
keychain and anyone coming after me can browse using my account. I work in a
hospital so there are many different people accessing different devices. We
monitor and trace all users internet browsing so my question is can I configure
the Mac to ask for proxy credentials for different users? On our windows devices
a login box will appear if the browser has been closed and reopened. Can I do
this with the Mac?????
Any help you can offer will be very much appreciated.
Thanks

Do NOT store the proxy server username and password in Keychain.
Easy to say, but by default, the next person to enter their password is likely to store their username password in the Keychain.
You can use Applications -> Utilities -> Keychain Access to give the Keychain a separate password and to auto-lock it after 'n' minutes. If you are the only one to know the Keychain password, then no one will be able to add the Proxy server username/password to the keychain.
Keychain Access -> Edit -> Change Settings for Keychain Login...
Keychain Access -> Edit -> Change Password for Keychain Login... (this is NOT required; you can keep the keychain set to use the same password you use for your login, as long as no one else knows that password; changing the settings to lock the keychain is sufficient for your needs)
The good news is that only you will be able to access stuff stored in the Keychain. The bad news is that if you do need stuff in the Keychain, you will need to enter the keychain password everytime you need to get at them.

How to craete a Private proxy server

I've Windows Server 2008 R2 Web as well as R2 Standard.
I just only want to share my server's internet so if any of my employee tries to access anything over internet it should got via my dedicated server ip address. I don't want to use VPN as it might share things other then the internet. I want to create particular
credentials for each of my employees
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Hi,
You could deploy TMG 2010 as the proxy server.
But please have a look on the following articles first.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/09/12/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?sort=PN&qid=null&alpha=Forefront+Threat+Management+Gateway+2010&Filter=FilterNO
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Use of HeaderVariableLogonModule with ISA (Proxy server)

Hi,
We are planning to use the ISA 2010 Server as as reverse proxy to acess the SAP Portal 7.0 (EHP1). We are going to use the ISA authentication to access the SAP Portal. If we use ISA authentication, I don't want the Portal login page to appear. Once user is authenticated in the ISA server, it should come directly to portal without asking the Portal authentication again..
Can I achieve this scenario with HeaderVariableLogonModule ?.
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Hi,
You can prevent Header Spoofing this by writing your own login module on top of HeaderVariable login module or by having proper firewall rules in place which allows access of Portal only through the ISA server.
Check the link below for further details:
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Many years ago I purchased CS2 with serial number 1130-0676-7755-3637-6984-8039. Later i purchased a used macmini from a private party with OSX 10.6.8 with CS5 already on it. It has stopped working. Can I purchase a new version of CS5 for my older system

My name is Don Lewis. My email is [email protected]
Many years ago I purchased CS2 for my older Mac Mini with OSX 10.4.11. My serial number is 1130-0676-7755-3637-0984-8039. Then a few years later I purchased another Mac Mini with OSX 10.6.8 from a private party that had CS5 already installed which now has stopped working on that computer. Can I purchase an CS5 upgrade for my OSX 10.6.8 from Adobe Systems?

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My name is Don Lewis. My email is [email protected]
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Proxy server usage

One of my customers is trying to use the OHS as a proxy server .
This is the use case:
B2B Channel has been setup to use SFTP with a Trading Partner.
They want to use a proxy-server on the DMZ for all communication and file transfers with the outside world,
and do not want to expose the internal SOA 11g/B2B server.
Is there a recommendation from Oracle B2B experts on how to achieve this?
Please let me know.
Regards,
Vidhya

I've implemented something similar in 10G B2B.
B2B SFTP transport to standard Apache 2.2 (not OHS).
B2B SFTP transport has proxy port and address specified, as well as target (user, private key, server name).
B2B SFTP transport uses a public/private key for authentication to target (no authentication to Apache proxy - Apache server uses ACL's for internal access).
Apache proxy uses a virtual host, listening on custom port (not 22).
This works well and the same Apache proxy is used for proxying AS2 and ebXML connections.

Basic auth in proxy server breaks managed server form auth

Hi,
I have a proxy server configured in front of 2 managed servers.
The managed servers have secure pages and are using form auth and the
proxy server is working properly. In other words, I point my browser
at the proxy and I end up being services by one of the managed servers.
If I attempt to access a secure page via the proxy I am sent to the form
login page via the proxy.
Now for the problem:
If I configure the proxy server to use basic auth, and secure all
pages in the proxy, I must provide my userid/password to the proxy
server (this is working fine) before I can get to one of the managed
servers. I can get to the welcome page of the managed server (which is
not secure) There is a link to a secure page on the welcome page. When
I click on the link to the secure page, I am sent to the form auth by
the managed server. I authenticate, but I can never see the secure
page. I end up being redirected to the form login page endlessly.
Both the proxy server and the managed server are usign the default
JSESSIONID.
Here is a section of the web.xml for the proxy server:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>weblogic.servlet.proxy.HttpClusterServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>WebLogicCluster</param-name>
<param-value>${ProxyConfig}</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>SecureProxy</param-name>
<param-value>ON</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>Debug</param-name>
<param-value>ON</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>DebugConfigInfo</param-name>
<param-value>ON</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>CookieName</param-name>
<param-value>JSESSIONID</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>CookieName</param-name>
<param-value>wlauthcookie_</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>gcmgui/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>applauncher/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>ssoadmin/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>default/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>domainadmin/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>gsc/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>psr/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>broadcastclient/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>HttpClusterServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>nra/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Here is the proxy debug:
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: ===New Request===GET
/applauncher/jsp/AppLaunche
r.jsp HTTP/1.1
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Found cookie: Sf4VoFtpQwG]dTNEh9Yq
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: #### Trying to connect with server
-213061352!10
.68.10.87!1080!10443
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Remove idle for '30' secs:
ProxyConnection(isSec
ureProxy=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Create connection:
ProxyConnection(isSecureProxy
=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: In-bound headers:
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap,
image/jpeg,
image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword,
application/vnd.ms-po
werpoint, */*
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept-Language: en-us
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 6.0; W
indows NT 4.0; H010818)
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Host: localhost:18002
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Connection: Keep-Alive
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Cookie:
JSESSIONID=1PEosMJQ9ZJrewjj1t5nZfNtYe1e5
pWYbjyBGvZ1ExEY8YoueKTG!-213061352!NONE;
wlauthcookie_=Sf4VoFtpQwG]dTNEh9Yq
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Authorization: Basic
cmFwcGVsYmE6b3V0Mmx1bmNo
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: HTTP/1.1 302 Moved Temporarily
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Out-bound headers:
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:40:07 GMT
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Location:
https://localhost:18002/applauncher/un
restricted/jsp/FormLogin.jsp
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Server: WebLogic WebLogic Server 8.1
Thu Mar 20
23:06:05 PST 2003 246620
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Transfer-Encoding: Chunked
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: ===New Request===GET
/applauncher/unrestricted/j
sp/FormLogin.jsp HTTP/1.1
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Found cookie: UZ]OrXsBP6uEEa[0veSz
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Request successfully processed
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: #### Trying to connect with server
-213061352!10
.68.10.87!1080!10443
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Requeue connection:
ProxyConnection(isSecureProx
y=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Recycle connection:
ProxyConnection(isSecureProx
y=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Request successfully processed
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: In-bound headers:
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap,
image/jpeg,
image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword,
application/vnd.ms-po
werpoint, */*
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept-Language: en-us
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:07 EDT 2003>: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 6.0; W
indows NT 4.0; H010818)
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Host: localhost:18002
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Connection: Keep-Alive
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Authorization: Basic
cmFwcGVsYmE6b3V0Mmx1bmNo
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Cookie:
JSESSIONID=1PEHvo1gQIbwOMuVsU9pJnnvlGBSP
74ZUcSHwazE7domCL8UlVA2!-937872307; wlauthcookie_=UZ]OrXsBP6uEEa[0veSz
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Out-bound headers:
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 18:40:08 GMT
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Server: WebLogic WebLogic Server 8.1
Thu Mar 20
23:06:05 PST 2003 246620
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Content-Length: 4238
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Set-Cookie:
JSESSIONID=1PEIxJ21oT5H3Z2ilQjPqpq1V
kdOhEnNbbz9wviTtTTZj6IBp29b!-213061352!NONE; path=/
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Request successfully processed
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Requeue connection:
ProxyConnection(isSecureProx
y=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:08 EDT 2003>: Request successfully processed
<Fri Jul 11 14:40:44 EDT 2003>: Trigger remove idle for '35' secs:
ProxyConnecti
on(isSecureProxy=true): 10.68.10.87:10443, keep-alive='30'secs
Thanks,
Rob

I typically have used Apache Commons HttpClient for anything but trivial URL connections, and especially when combining both basic auth and proxy auth. When you use it, be aware of the "preemptive authentication" flag. One server I worked with didn't send the correct parameters back on particular requests, so I had to turn on this flag to get it to work.

Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server 4.0.14 not getting started.

bash-3.00# ./start
ld.so.1: parsexml: fatal: relocation error: file parsexml: symbol __RTTI__1nMXMLException_: referenced symbol not found
ld.so.1: parsexml: fatal: relocation error: file parsexml: symbol __RTTI__1nMXMLException_: referenced symbol not found
ld.so.1: parsexml: fatal: relocation error: file parsexml: symbol __RTTI__1nMXMLException_: referenced symbol not found
ld.so.1: parsexml: fatal: relocation error: file parsexml: symbol __RTTI__1nMXMLException_: referenced symbol not found
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failure: CORE3170: Configuration initialization failed: Error running init function load-modules: dlopen of /export/home/Oracle_Proxy/bin/proxy/lib/libj2eeplugin.so failed (ld.so.1: proxyd: fatal: libjvm.so: open failed: No such file or directory)
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5.10
bash-3.00# uname -a
SunOS sunfire-v240 5.10 Generic_118822-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240
bash-3.00#
The web proxy server version is 4.0.14 and the package i used is "Oracle-iPlanet-Web-Proxy-Server-4.0.14-sparc.zip"
Please help me. If any other information is needed, please let me know.

Your proxy instance should start. The error you are seeing should only be for the admin server. Add the location of where your jvm.so is located to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH. The jvm.so is located under the JDK directory.

IPlanet Sun ONE Web Proxy Server 3.6 SP6 terminating

I have a problem with my proxy server server.
I use iPlanet Sun ONE Web Proxy Server 3.6 SP6
It is terminating and the service is restarting. This happens about 10-15 times a day. The message I get from the log is :
[22/Mar/2005:09:29:30] info: server terminating... each time it terminates.
I know for sure that this is no hardware issue (as I have changed the hard disk recently). My OS is win2000 server SP4 + all released patches from MS.
Also I have reinstalled the OS several times (clean install after format) and I got the same result.
Also I tried to use the proxy with/without LDAP server for authentication - the same.
Any suggestions/recommendations are mostly welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Kaloyan

Dear Kaloyan,
Migration to another proxy (e.g. ISA) seems to be quickest solution for your problem, as WebProxy doesn't work well on w2k platform.
Vladimir
P.S. Regards to Delyan :)

Cannot access server in HQ through proxy server

Hi Experts,
We have a TMG 2010 installed and clients are accessing Internet through it.
And now there is an access problem to the destinatined server in HQ in another country, and it was fine to reach the destinated server before the servere changed its IP.
When trying to accesss the destinated server with new IP, the TMG log and report shows the connection status with
12030: The connection with the server was terminated abnoramlly.
While there is another guest segment that allows Internet access without proxy server, and they are able to access the server with no problem at all.
When I captured packets using Wireshark from the pc and found that the connection was actually from the pc to proxy server with the following result:
from PC to Proxy server
CONNECT xxx.xxx.com:443 HTTP/1.0
from Proxy server to PC
HTTP/1.1 502 Proxy Error (The connection with the server was terminated abnormally) (text/html)
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When i include the domain in https inspection exemption list, is that means client would be able to reach ther destination without being inspected?
Then how about the incoming connection? Is there any rules which will restrict HTTPS inbound?
Apart from above problem, clients also not able access some of https website such as banking with CA's, and no problem using guest segment (not through proxy server).
Thanks in advance
Ben

Hi,
>>And now there is an access problem to the destinatined server in HQ in another country, and it was fine to reach the destinated server before the servere changed its IP.
Have you tried to re-create the rule to access the destinatined server after it changed the IP?
>>When i include the domain in https inspection exemption list, is that means client would be able to reach ther destination without being inspected?
When a site is added to the HTTPS inspection exclusion list, Forefront TMG does not check the site’s certificate for expiration or revocation. However, name mismatch and trust are always checked, unless the “No Validation” mark is set.
Reference:Troubleshooting HTTPS inspection
Best Regards,
Joyce
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SUN ONE Directory proxy Server on NT Server

I want to use the sun one directory proxy server on a NT Server as a LDAP Proxy Server to my customised database running on an AIX box. During the installation of the proxy server (called idar 5.0 SP1) it fails indicating that the "the server configuration directory may not be running".
IWhat am i missing? Is the ldap proxy server dependent on SUN's directory server.

Hi,
u need to have a Directory Server for the installation of the Directory Proxy Server, but not essentially the Sun ONE Directory Server itself.
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App store, Safari, software updates, icloud, do not work in Mavericks 10.9 using a proxy server

App store, Safari, software updates, icloud, do not work in Mavericks 10.9. these problems are interrelated I am sure. Apple apps were working fine in 10.8.5 I could do software updates through a proxy server using password authentication. I reinstalled a new system 10.9 on another partition and it won't let me use Safari or update software using a proxy server. Firefox works fine (I am using it to post). I am very disappointed that this wasn not fully tested BEFORE releasing Mavericks. Any solutions would be greatly appreciated.

I had this problem myself.
Checked the system log with Console, and I found the entry:-
Nov 11 11:16:41 teds-new-mac.ad.mycompany.co.uk ocspd[537]: Authentication challenge received for "10.203.39.212:8080", unable to obtain proxy server credential from System keychain.
For some unknown reason, Mavericks seems to be looking in the System keychain, when these credentials are actually held in the Login keychain.
So, I tried "Copy & Paste" - copying the https user name & password from the Login keychain and pasting into the System keychain, which worked but it's not quite as straightforward as I initially thought.
Pasting into the System Keychain was, I found a not-very-intuitive process:
Having opened your Login Keychain, click once on the item to be copied and when it's highlighted, select "Copy" from the Edit menu or, of course, cmd+c.
Select the System Keychain:- DO NOT CLICK THE PADLOCK IN THE TOP LEFT TO UNLOCK IT.
From the Edit menu, select "Paste" or cmd+v.
You will then get a dialogue box,, enter your administrator's password and select "Modify Keychain" or just hit return, as it's the default entry.
I found a restart was in order before it recognised everything and would accept https pages without alert boxes, but YMMV.
Funnily enough - and this is where it seems counter-intuitive, if you do click on the padlock and unlock the System Keychain, "Paste" is greyed out in the Edit menu and cmd+v has no effect.
Exactly the opposite to what I'd expect..

I am using a work laptop and have the same problem. When I try to change the "configure proxy", they only available option is "use this proxy server for all protocols". Could it be that my system administrator blocked me from changing it since they don'

I am using a work laptop and have the same problem. When I try to change the "configure proxy", they only available option is "use this proxy server for all protocols". Could it be that my system administrator blocked me from changing it since they don't want us to use Firefox.
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; FNGP_SYS)

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
See [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] and [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the ''Safe mode'' start window.
You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (on Mac: "Firefox > Quit")

A new version of Firefox, which downloaded automatically, says Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that's refusing connections, even though I had access before the download.

I was using Firefox earlier in the day with no problem. About half an hour ago I tried to get on the Internet using Firefox (as always). When I did, I was greeted with a little dialog box showing that something was downloading. That's happened before.
This time, though, I was greeted by an error page that said Firefox was configured to use a proxy server that's refusing connections.
I'm not on a network. I have a desktop computer that connedts to a wireless modem that I share only with my wife. I didn't change my settings on either. Neither did my wife.
My "Connection Settings" box still says "use system proxy settings." There are no entries in the manual settings boxes.
I want to emphasize that I changed *nothing.*
I need to know, please, how I can set my computer to get back onto the Internet or, failing that, how I can go back to the previous version of Firefox.
Thank you very much.
Bob Murdich

You can find the connection settings in Tools > Options > Advanced : Network : Connection
If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then select "No Proxy"
See "Firefox connection settings":
* [[Firefox cannot load websites but other programs can]]

Using a Mac on windows network with a proxy server

Hi I’m very new to Macs to apologies if this is a really silly question. I’m
trying to setup a Mac on our network and I’m having an issue getting it to work
properly with our proxy server. I have connected the Mac to the network and
selected automatic proxy configuration in the network settings using the URL of
our Pac file. I am asked for a proxy username and password when I initially try and
access a website but once I have entered my credentials they are saved in
keychain and anyone coming after me can browse using my account. I work in a
hospital so there are many different people accessing different devices. We
monitor and trace all users internet browsing so my question is can I configure
the Mac to ask for proxy credentials for different users? On our windows devices
a login box will appear if the browser has been closed and reopened. Can I do
this with the Mac?????
Any help you can offer will be very much appreciated.
Thanks

The short answer is that the IT department is a strict Microsoft shop and also incompetent. Almost everything in that message is patently false. Unfortunately, when accessing Microsoft Server services like this, you will need the support of the IT staff to tell you various settings to use. I think it is pretty clear that they have no intention of doing that.
There is nothing "special" about bootcamp. It is just a boot loader. A Mac running Windows via bootcamp is a Windows PC, not a Mac. As such, it will work perfectly fine in the network. You could also try running Parallels. I believe Parallels can be configured to use a bootcamp partition so you could run Windows via either bootcamp or Parallels.
One of the few things that is correct is that Apple does have to provide driver support for bootcamp and there is the possibility of random incompatibilities - but no more so than any other PC manufacturer. Parallels/VMWare may work around that with a different set of incompatibilities. Don't be too worried about this part. These "incompatibilities" are minor and almost always with funky hardware devices. What you want to do should work perfectly with either Parallels/VMWare or Bootcamp.

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