how common are proxies?

Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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I hired a developer to write an application to support a product I'm working on. It needs to contact a server to register but currently the app cannot work through a proxy. How common is a proxy outside of a corporate environment? This app and product are intended for children 6-12 or so and their parents so we're talking very elementary computer users.
 

Nothinman

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Sep 14, 2001
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Doing HTTP proxy support shouldn't exactly be difficult as long as the registration uses HTTP, and it would be well worth the trouble especially if you want people in schools to consider using the app.
 

amdskip

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Jan 6, 2001
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I have a proxy setup at the elementary school I work at so I would guess they are fairly popular.