URL test with IP's instead of names does not go through the

sebastien.lemeunier · Post by **sebastien.lemeunier** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 9:24 am

Dear all,

I have a problem testing an https site.
Site is running behind a firewall, so I have to use the http proxy.
This site has no DNS mapping, so I have to specify the IP address. By specifying this IP, it seems that the connection is refused by the firewall. This is why I thing that the URL/IP request don't go to the proxy specified in the options.

Is there a solution to this problem ?

Thanks and best regards,
Sebastien

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 4:53 pm

Do you use "via named proxy" HostMonitor's option that specify how HostMonitor access the net to retrieve URLs? This option located on Connection (Access method) page in the Options dialog. Proxy settings located on next (Proxy) page in the same Options dialog.

Regards
Alex

sebastien.lemeunier · Post by **sebastien.lemeunier** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 1:53 am

I am already using this option...

After more investigation. It seems that the problem occurs only with https.

Behind a proxy, try to create a URL test for :
https://www.wdcs.novartispharma.com:443/ -> this works fine

If now we try to create the same test (same website) with the IP instead of the server name
https://164.109.59.171:443/ -> this does not work

Any idea ?

Regards,
Sebastien

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 4:00 pm

Do you have this problem only with HostMonitor? Or your browser (like IE or Netscape) works in the same way?

Regards
Alex

sebastien.lemeunier · Post by **sebastien.lemeunier** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 4:11 am

Only with hostmonitor

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 5:50 pm

Could you provide address of your proxy for testing? Does it require authentication? Better send this information by e-mail to our address line1@ks-soft.net

Regards
Alex

sebastien.lemeunier · Post by **sebastien.lemeunier** » Wed Aug 21, 2002 9:55 am

Our proxy address is x.x.x.x (send by e-mail) running port y.

There is not authentification (user/passwd).
But I am not sure that requests are accepted from outside our compagny.

regards,
Sebastien

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bilsland · Post by **bilsland** » Mon Aug 26, 2002 3:03 pm

Hi , I am also haveing trouble testing http sites via the url test. I have set a test for a website that I own and it replies "no answer". I can browse the same site on the same box using ie6 , I use MS proxy server 2 and I have set it up within the program with a user/pass?

sebastien.lemeunier · Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:52 am

I have the same problem but only with one single url in a list of 100...

Regards,
Sebastien

bilsland · Post by **bilsland** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 2:49 am

The problem for me is all the url testing, I have add to disable the rule. Also I have one problem with pinging a url?

gs · Post by gs » Thu Aug 29, 2002 11:59 pm

Hi,

I'm having that problem too. Has a solution been found.

Configuration:

Hostmon 3.22
Windows 2000 Server SP2
IE 5.5 SP2
Test is URL test on a HTTPS ASP page

sebastien.lemeunier · Post by **sebastien.lemeunier** » Fri Aug 30, 2002 1:33 am

Thanks for the information.
But i still don't understand why the system is linked to this problem.

I will soon try with XP enterprise and IE6

Regards,
Sebastien

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 3:07 pm

Sebastien,
sorry for delay, it was a lot of work.

I tried to test HostMonitor using your proxy server, unfortunately I am unable to connect to proxy server at all. It does not respond to ping, probably your server accessible from your network only?

BTW If somebody has problem with URL test and dynamic pages (ASP, CGI, etc), please check "Agent name" option located on Miscellaneous page in the Options dialog. Some server-based scripts can check agent name and returns different information for different HTTP agents (e.g. generate different HTML pages for IE or Netscape). You can change this parameter to get correct results.

Regards
Alex