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How can I make URL connections through a proxy server?

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How can I make URL connections through a proxy server?

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Author: Umar Kutay (http://www.jguru.com/guru/viewbio.jsp?EID=1518532), Aug 13, 2009 I don’t know whether you require this information any more or not but last year I also faced the same problem when connecting to a remote URL via a proxy server. This HTTP 403 Forbidden error has no connection with the code that is written for connecting via proxy. It is more of a configuration setting that needs to be done in the HTTP server that is being used as a proxy server or a proxy server. Below is the commands that you need to add in the Apache web servers httpd.conf file ProxyRequests On Listen 2020 AllowCONNECT 5553 Order Deny,Allow Deny from all Allow from all Listen 2020 means that the proxyport being used is 2020 and the AllowConnect tells the proxy that the remote server which you will connect to is listening on 5553, if you remove the AllowConnect command then the HTTP 403 Forbidden error is thrown by the proxy server. Also you will