>I tried to develop an application to download a file from an Https server.
>My application was able to download a file from a regural Http server.
>
>I used a WebProxy and i passed the NetworkCredential, but also it didn't
>work like:-
>Dim myProxy As New WebProxy("https://TheServername.com/", 443)
>
>Also I used that way to create a class to accept all kinds of
>certifications, and also it didn't work.
>
>Public Class acceptAllCerts
>    Implements System.Net.ICertificatePolicy
>    Public Function CheckValidationResult(ByVal srvPoint As ServicePoint, _
>    ByVal cert As X509Certificate, ByVal request As WebRequest, ByVal
>problem As Integer) _
>    As Boolean Implements ICertificatePolicy.CheckValidationResult
>        Return True
>    End Function
>End Class
>
>The message I am receiving is "The ServicePointManager does not support
>proxies of https scheme."
>
>Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?
>Does anyone have any valid script to download a file from a secured Https
>server?

"gene kelley" <o***@by.me> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 18 May 2006 11:31:02 -0700, Nader Shahin
> <NaderSha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I tried to develop an application to download a file from an Https server.
>>My application was able to download a file from a regural Http server.
>>
>>I used a WebProxy and i passed the NetworkCredential, but also it didn't
>>work like:-
>>Dim myProxy As New WebProxy("https://TheServername.com/", 443)
>>
>>Also I used that way to create a class to accept all kinds of
>>certifications, and also it didn't work.
>>
>>Public Class acceptAllCerts
>>    Implements System.Net.ICertificatePolicy
>>    Public Function CheckValidationResult(ByVal srvPoint As ServicePoint,
>> _
>>    ByVal cert As X509Certificate, ByVal request As WebRequest, ByVal
>>problem As Integer) _
>>    As Boolean Implements ICertificatePolicy.CheckValidationResult
>>        Return True
>>    End Function
>>End Class
>>
>>The message I am receiving is "The ServicePointManager does not support
>>proxies of https scheme."
>>
>>Does anyone have any idea how to solve this?
>>Does anyone have any valid script to download a file from a secured Https
>>server?
>
> I wrote an app in VB6 back in 2000 part of which deals with
> downloading weather images from the web.  Some images require
> credentials (user, password) and a few are on SSL sites (https:).
> At that time I found a complete example on MSDN which showed how to
> handle credentials when required and the SSL (https:) downloads using
> the WinInet library.  I rewrote this app a few months ago in VB2005.
> Although WebClient works fine for the normal http requests, I never
> could make it work for requests requiring credentials and found no
> info on how to handle https.  So, I wound up reworking/converting that
> old example to work in VB2005 (works OK).
>
> That particular example link and most others from that era are no
> longer found on MSDN.  However, you can find info, there, on WinInet.
> It looks like that old example code is there, but in bits and pieces.
>
> Gene