get RSS from behind firewall/proxy ?

[TMN]

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

[burgermeister01]

On Jul 7, 9:50*am, TMN <[e-mail]:

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

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?

[AnrDaemon]

Greetings, TMN.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, July 7, 2008, 18:50:57,

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.

If you can access these RSS feeds from your regular browser - you have wrong
setup for cURL.

These scripts work fine at home so I have to believe it is due to our
restrictive network - any ideas ???

Read my comment above - you haven't done enough testing.
Especially cURL can use proxy connections.
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[Jerry Stuckle]

TMN wrote:

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

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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[netstreamer]

On Jul 7, 6:34*pm, AnrDaemon <[e-mail]:

Greetings, TMN.
In reply to Your message dated Monday, July 7, 2008, 18:50:57,

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 curletc but
simply get no response.

If you can access these RSS feeds from your regular browser - you have wrong
setup for cURL.

These scripts work fine at home so I have to believe it is due to *our
restrictive network - any ideas ???

Read my comment above - you haven't done enough testing.
Especially cURL can use proxy connections.

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Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <[e-mail]>

Just use an online RSS news reader like Google Reader, it does
everything through port 80 so it won't be blocked.

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(netstreamer)

>Just use an online RSS news reader like Google Reader, it does
everything through port 80 so it won't be blocked.

Normal RSS also works on port 80, it uses plain HTTP.

Micha

[TMN]

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

[TMN]

netstreamer

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

Tim

[Jerry Stuckle]

TMN wrote:

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

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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[TMN]

>

I have no idea how your proxy is set up, so I have no idea how you need
to authenticate it. *The same is true for anyone else here.

You need to talk to your sysadmin and find out what's required for proxy
authentication.

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

Tim

[Jerry Stuckle]

TMN wrote:

>I have no idea how your proxy is set up, so I have no idea how you need
to authenticate it. The same is true for anyone else here.

You need to talk to your sysadmin and find out what's required for proxy
authentication.

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

Tim

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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[TMN]

On Jul 10, 6:22*pm, Jerry Stuckle <[e-mail]:

TMN wrote:

I have no idea how your proxy is set up, so I have no idea how you need
to authenticate it. *The same is true for anyone else here.

You need to talk to your sysadmin and find out what's required for proxy
authentication.

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

Tim

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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I am going to do that - thanks again for your help.
Tim