Authentication proxy with Apps !!!!

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Authentication proxy with Apps !!!!

How can the iPhone doesn't support authentication proxy access for 3rd party apps ??? does anyone know how to get over that ?

iPhone 4, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 23, 2011 2:44 PM

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luvlabs

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Mar 23, 2011 4:34 PM in response to SHouSHa

That's a function of the proxy server you are going through and not the iPhone.

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SHouSHa Author

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Mar 23, 2011 10:13 PM in response to luvlabs

i think u didn't get me, i meant that any 3rd party app doesn't work on auth. proxy while safari, appstore and mail app all work when i am using auth. proxy (work, university)

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luvlabs

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Mar 24, 2011 5:00 PM in response to SHouSHa

Again, contact your network administrator. Something (and not the phone) is blocking access to the ports/sites that you need.

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SHouSHa Author

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Mar 25, 2011 1:05 AM in response to luvlabs

and again I will say that safari and ALL native iPhone apps are working fine .. for example if I go to facebook or twitter online through safari it works but the app doesn't work and this goes for ALL apps not just one or two google, ebuddy, IM+, Facebook, Twitter and EVERYTHING.
one more thing anyone with an Andriod based phone can open these apps for example my friends can work with WhatsApp on andriod but on iPhone it doesn't work either

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luvlabs

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Mar 25, 2011 4:09 PM in response to SHouSHa

First off, do a hard reset on your phone (hold Home and On/Off buttons down together for at least 10 seconds or until you see the Apple logo.

If the apps still aren't working, delete them via iTunes (as in remove them completely from your computer first), sync, and then re-download them.

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SHouSHa Author

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Mar 26, 2011 9:18 AM in response to luvlabs

Did all that, and just for the info all iPhones in the uni. campus are not working with apps too, same case as mine. while all android phones are working perfectly

the apps work if i am behind a normal proxy or no proxy too. I searched the internet a lot so i am nearly 90% sure that the problem is with the iOS with handling the apps with "Authentication proxy"

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Padie

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Apr 6, 2011 12:18 AM in response to SHouSHa

@luvlabs - As much as one wouldn't think that the iPhone is the problem (or in my case, the iPad), I actually think it is.

It appears that iOS does not have support for system-wide proxy settings. That is why I experience certain applications that ask for proxy settings, which have been coded into the application, and some applications just fail completely to access the internet under proxy authenticated networks, because developers have not included a system to ask for proxy settings for the respective application.

I have a thread over in the iPad forums, which I hope will grab some answers. Feel free to keep an eye on it should someone provide an official answer to this issue:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2807623&tstart=0

MrP.

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Apr 19, 2011 10:50 AM in response to Padie

Ah, yes, this is a thing of the iOS software, it seems. Our iPhone 4s don't work through proxys - some apps do, some like the ones we need don't. VoIP apps such as the FaceTime app & Skype still don't work thourgh a proxy!

If anyone knows a VoIP app that works, please, do let me know via a PM & here! Will be forever greatful for this!

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alain.j

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May 28, 2012 3:25 AM in response to SHouSHa

hey everyone!

indeed it seems thrid party apps are not able to use the proxy setup defined on the iphone's wifi parameters.

Don't know if the problem comes from Apple, or from third party developpers.

i sent a mail to whatsapp support team asking them about this issue...

will keep you posted when they reply

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alain.j

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Jun 22, 2012 2:08 AM in response to alain.j

just so you know, whatsapp support team told me that their app doesnt support proxu authentication.

so i guess we have to nag our app developpers about implementing this fix...

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alain.j

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Sep 19, 2012 10:51 PM in response to SHouSHa

maybe this has been solved with the new functionality of iOS6 called "global http proxy"??

has anyone tried it?

personally i will not update to iOS6 unless there's a useful enhancement, like this one for example (i hope so!)

please let us know if any has updated his OS.

cheers

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Dasgood

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Oct 4, 2012 12:24 PM in response to alain.j

Hi All,

I have the latest iOS 6.0 on iPhone 4

I do not see any Global Proxy settings, still just on the WiFi connection, and the 3rd Party apps like "whatsapp" still tries to route directly to the firewalls, instead of going through the proxy.

I doubt if anything changed on the network side on the iOS.

DASGOOD

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Answer 13

Aug 30, 2014 8:58 PM in response to SHouSHa

Hye everyone..

Just want to follow up this case..anyone got solution? I really need to know......

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Answer 14

baronzzz

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Aug 6, 2015 7:35 AM in response to iCEKACANG_

sign up for Finch vpn and connect via open vpn for proxy authentication to every app

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