From: Neil Kohl <nakohl@...>
Date: 2005-01-12T11:39:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Authenticated proxy support for open-uri

Unfortunately with scripts that need network access via an
authenticating proxy you need to store the password somewhere.

This patch also works with the login as a param to open():

open("http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa.html",
    :proxy => 'http://user:password@proxy.mycompany.com:8080') {|f|
    ...
  }

And in the UNIX world the login can be supplied on the command line
such that it's only set temporarily:

$ http_proxy=http://user:password@proxy.mycompany.com:8080 ruby myscript.rb


On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:06:10 +0900, Tanaka Akira <akr@m17n.org> wrote:
> In article <7530f5cc0501111341480d7450@mail.gmail.com>,
>   Neil Kohl <nakohl@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > At work I'm behind a proxy server that requires authentication. After
> > a bit of tinkering I came up with the attached patch that adds support
> > to open-uri.
> 
> Thank you for the patch.
> 
> But I think an environment variable should not contain a password
> because it is visible from other users.
> --
> Tanaka Akira
> 
> 


-- 
Neil Kohl
nakohl@gmail.com