OT....kinda....

[smerf]

I could not find a more appropriate place for this post and thought that the
coders here may have some ideas that would be useful.

I am using a webservice via a custom VB.Net client application that requires
that we register an IP address to use the service and use the service from
only those IP addresses that we have registered on thier site.

We have several store locations and would like to use the service from each
one without having to set up a server and pay for a static IP address for
each store.

The simple solution seems to use a proxy at headquarters and run all queries
through the proxy.

My question is....what proxies are there that you can use in this manner?

[Nick Malik [Microsoft]]

Writing the proxy would be fairly simple. You may also want to consider
caching the results (if applicable). Note that you are introducing a
bottleneck into your system. This may not scale beyond a dozen stores. I'm
assuming that each of your stores have high speed internet connectivity.

Be aware of any contracts your company may have signed when you set up the
service. The legal documents may prevent your company from doing exactly
this. I will not advise you on legal rights because I'm not an attorney.
If there are any questions about the legality of doing this, contact one.
You could be placing your company at risk of lawsuit and substantial losses
if you are not careful.

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--- Nick Malik [Microsoft]
MCSD, CFPS, Certified Scrummaster
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this forum are my own, and not
representative of my employer.
I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
programmer helping programmers.
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"smerf" <sm***@shroom.comwrote in message
news:7b*******************@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..

>I could not find a more appropriate place for this post and thought that
the coders here may have some ideas that would be useful.

I am using a webservice via a custom VB.Net client application that
requires that we register an IP address to use the service and use the
service from only those IP addresses that we have registered on thier
site.

We have several store locations and would like to use the service from
each one without having to set up a server and pay for a static IP address
for each store.

The simple solution seems to use a proxy at headquarters and run all
queries through the proxy.

My question is....what proxies are there that you can use in this manner?

[smerf]

I advised the webservice provider of our situation but they had no
suggestions about which proxy to use.

All of thier code samples for developers deal with web pages and using the
service manually. We need to automate the process and we are planning on
using vb.net 2005 to do so.

The company that we are doing business with actually suggested we use a
central server to communicate with them. We pay on a per use basis, not a
per location basis, so we pay the same no matter what.

I have FreeProxy, and will test with it tonight. The thing I am not sure of
is whether the "internal" (normally looking at addresses like 192.168.x.x)
will function just as well for PCs on the web.

It has to be possible - just look at all of the free proxies you can hit on
the web. I just need a proxy like that with a static IP.

Thanks for your post.

"Nick Malik [Microsoft]" <ni*******@hotmail.nospam.comwrote in message
news:Ls******************************@comcast.com. ..

Writing the proxy would be fairly simple. You may also want to consider
caching the results (if applicable). Note that you are introducing a
bottleneck into your system. This may not scale beyond a dozen stores.
I'm assuming that each of your stores have high speed internet
connectivity.

Be aware of any contracts your company may have signed when you set up the
service. The legal documents may prevent your company from doing exactly
this. I will not advise you on legal rights because I'm not an attorney.
If there are any questions about the legality of doing this, contact one.
You could be placing your company at risk of lawsuit and substantial
losses if you are not careful.

--
--- Nick Malik [Microsoft]
MCSD, CFPS, Certified Scrummaster
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this forum are my own, and not
representative of my employer.
I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
programmer helping programmers.
--
"smerf" <sm***@shroom.comwrote in message
news:7b*******************@bignews6.bellsouth.net. ..

>>I could not find a more appropriate place for this post and thought that
the coders here may have some ideas that would be useful.

I am using a webservice via a custom VB.Net client application that
requires that we register an IP address to use the service and use the
service from only those IP addresses that we have registered on thier
site.

We have several store locations and would like to use the service from
each one without having to set up a server and pay for a static IP
address for each store.

The simple solution seems to use a proxy at headquarters and run all
queries through the proxy.

My question is....what proxies are there that you can use in this manner?