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Topic: How can some Web proxies possibly support HTTPS?

Anonymous A started this topic 9 months (2009-07-02 19:50:?? UTC) ago (#28,753):

I thought one of the features of HTTPS was that it was necessary to communicate directly to the server…?

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 19:53:?? UTC) ago, 3 minutes later (#171,781):

There is no such thing as "directly to the server" over the internet - there are always routers between you and the server.

If the proxy works on a low level, like a NAT router, https will work over it.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 19:55:?? UTC) ago, 2 minutes later, 6 minutes past creation (#171,784):

@previous

"Web proxy" sort of hints at it not working on a too low level…

Anonymous B replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 20:00:?? UTC) ago, 4 minutes later, 10 minutes past creation (#171,791):

Ah, sorry, missed that. Well, it would probably do a man-in-the-middle; it would connect to the target, while you connect to it. Your https connection would only exist to the proxy.

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