get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

Hi

I am trying to get fetch rss from news sites from behind our corporate
proxy/firewall but no php function has
worked - I have tried curl etc but simply get no response. These
scripts work fine at home so I have to believe it is due to our
restrictive network - any ideas ???

Thanks
Tim

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

On Jul 7, 9:50*am, TMN <nash....@gmail.comwrote:My experience with RSS is that CURL should work straight away, which
further reinforces your theory. I would suggest having a conversation
with your network admin. Figure out for sure if he's blocking RSS
feeds, and if so why. Maybe he can make an exception for your app.

If that's not an option, I'm really not sure what to tell you. I do
know that CURL should be able to do anything your web browser can do.
Back in High School I used to get through the firewall by using
babelfish as a proxy...maybe you could try that?

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

Greetings, TMN.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, July 7, 2008, 18:50:57,
If you can access these RSS feeds from your regular browser - you have wrong
setup for cURL.
Read my comment above - you haven't done enough testing.
Especially cURL can use proxy connections.


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re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

TMN wrote:Can you access them from the your machine with any software? If so, you
have a programming problem. The firewall doesn't distinguish between
Curl and an RSS reader.

If you can't access then with any other software, chances are it is the
firewall - and you'll have to talk to your network administrator to get
access.

Good luck.


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re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

On Jul 7, 6:34*pm, AnrDaemon <anrdae...@freemail.ruwrote:
Just use an online RSS news reader like Google Reader, it does
everything through port 80 so it won't be blocked.

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

..oO(netstreamer)
Normal RSS also works on port 80, it uses plain HTTP.

Micha

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

AnrDaemon,Jerry

You guys are right - I can get the feeds in my browser.
But I have tried all the curl options I could find including:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXY, 'fakeproxy.com:1080');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, 'user:password');


If you could give me some other pointers I would be gratefull !

Thanks
Tim

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

netstreamer

I need to save the feeds for other purposes....

Tim

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

TMN wrote:Not knowing your network setup, it's almost impossible to give you a
good answer. But to start, what is your current code and the proxy
setting in your browser.



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re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

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Thanks - but how does my browser do it - all it knows is the proxy
address and my credentials ?

Tim

re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

TMN wrote:Tim,

There could be several ways, depending on your setup. For instance, you
might send a plain text userid/password. You could have an SSL
negotiated userid/password. You could have a client certificate... The
list goes on.

You really need to be talking to your sysadmin!

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re: get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

On Jul 10, 6:22*pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.netwrote:I am going to do that - thanks again for your help.
Tim