Proxies suddenly stopped working on Chrome (Oct 2017)
Greetings, the proxies don't seem to work consistently. At the moment, they do not work at all. When I go to a URL in the proxy list, I am not redirected the using my proxy. Instead, I have to type in the university proxy to access the document.
I'm using the Chrome extension (Zotero Connector 5.0.24) and the latest Windows app (5.0.22). The plugin works fine, otherwise. My university library proxy is in the "configured proxies" box and the checkboxes are all enabled.
Checked: Enable proxy redirection
Checked: Automatically detect new proxies
Checked: Show a notification when redirecting through a proxy
I know the proxy and hostnames are correct. Replacing the %h in the Scheme box with the hostname and placing the URL in the browser window works.
For example:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033889?seq=1
http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.my-uni.edu/stable/3033889?seq=1
The advanced configuration shows the proxies as enabled.
proxies.autoRecognize true
proxies.clientChecked true
proxies.disableByDomain false
proxies.disableByDomainString .edu
proxies.showRedirectNotification true
proxies.transparent true
Ideas?
I'm using the Chrome extension (Zotero Connector 5.0.24) and the latest Windows app (5.0.22). The plugin works fine, otherwise. My university library proxy is in the "configured proxies" box and the checkboxes are all enabled.
Checked: Enable proxy redirection
Checked: Automatically detect new proxies
Checked: Show a notification when redirecting through a proxy
I know the proxy and hostnames are correct. Replacing the %h in the Scheme box with the hostname and placing the URL in the browser window works.
For example:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033889?seq=1
http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.my-uni.edu/stable/3033889?seq=1
The advanced configuration shows the proxies as enabled.
proxies.autoRecognize true
proxies.clientChecked true
proxies.disableByDomain false
proxies.disableByDomainString .edu
proxies.showRedirectNotification true
proxies.transparent true
Ideas?
Using http://%h.libproxy.my-uni.edu/%p does not trigger the proxy. But, https://%h.libproxy.my-uni.edu/%p triggers it with the SSL error. Is there any way to wildcard that?
Do note that you want to keep your existing http proxy, most of the hosts saved there won't support https, but add a new proxy entry for the https scheme and only put jstor there (and the connector will gradually move other hosts to https as it discovers those supporting the protocol).
When you just log in to an HTTPS site via your university site and the connector adds the proxy automatically, that setting is enabled for you.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3033889 --> https://www.jstor.org.libproxy.my-uni.edu/stable/3033889
*.libproxy.my-uni.edu is a valid cert, but it's not able to process the redirect.
After the redirect and SSL error at https://www.jstor.org.libproxy.my-uni.edu/stable/3033889, changing the URL to http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.my-uni.edu/stable/3033889? works just fine. It then establishes a non-SSL connection. This requires a manual removal of the 's'