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[John Summerfield]

Justin W wrote:

>>
>> I don't know how to do CONNECT connexions except for https, but I 
>> gather it's a generic tunneling mechanism, and for sure I don't know 
>> everything, esp about this, but I'd be every bit as suspicious about 
>> that as you are.
>>
> I may be mistaken, but I /think/ CONNECT commands are used when 
> accessing the web through a proxy, so basically I /think/ somebody is 
> hoping to use you as a proxy which they can bounce traffic through 
> anonymously.
> 

I have done proxy requests, in REXX, back in my OS/2 days. All I needed 
to do was direct the request to the proxy, with the headers (including 
HOST) for the eventual host.

No CONNECT.



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