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Very good! Glad it works for you finally! As I stated in a previous post, Windows XP is the best documentated OS ever! Cheers, AstroSkipper
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@XPerceniol, I found that on social.technet.microsoft.com: Link: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/de-DE/cd9e1fc2-e209-49f4-ae4a-78222969c6b2/some-settings-are-managed-by-your-system-administrator?forum=winserversecurity Maybe, it helps you to get rid of this problem. I have marked for you the important parts.
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First, enable again your super admin account! It is a very important account to do things which can't be done with a normal admin account. And perform a Google search referring to the issue "Some settings are managed by your system administrator". I am sure there will be a lot of hits. Windows XP is the best documentated OS ever. Furthermore, there are some tools to reset permissions and presumably, the group policies. Perform a second Google search by entering "reset group policies in Windows XP". That's what I would do. All of these problems are well documentated, some articles have to be read by using the wayback machine, of course. Links: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/windows-xp-in/0596009003/re99.html https://www.wikihow.com/Refresh-the-Group-Policy-Settings-in-Windows
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Hi @XPerceniol, never seen this message before! Which account do you use In Windows XP? I assume you have to reset some or all permissions in the registry. But first, use the standard administrator account which always exists in Windows XP in addition to your personal admin account, and add permissions for reading and writing of these entries. Which file system do you use? FAT32 or NTFS?
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Hi @Dave-H, as mentioned in previous posts, @cmalex will provide a corrected archive of his proxies due to licensing problems. But I think some of us have already downloaded the second release, and a few of them had problems to get it work. Therefore, I wrote a short tutorial. Didn't you still download it?
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How to set up and use the TLS 1.3 proxy ProxyMII Unpack the archive and copy the folder ProxyMII to a location of your choice. Install the file CA.crt to Trusted Root Certification Authority under the account local computer manually. I use the certificate generated by ProxHTTPSProxy REV3e, provided in my release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3V1. Or use my contained ProxHTTPSProxy CA Certificate Installer and Uninstaller to do that automatically. If so, you have to overwrite the already existing CA.crt in ProxyMII's program folder by the one of my release. Enable the proxy settings of IE in the Internet Options -> LAN settings, i.e., check mark "Use a proxy server for your LAN", and click on Advanced. Go to the entry Secure and enter the Proxy address 127.0.0.1 and the port 8079. Update the file cacert.pem to have the most recent one by using my cacert Updater Fixed (Recreated). Start the proxy by executing the file ProxHTTPSProxy.exe. Ensure that your firewall doesn't block this proxy. Add it to your exclusions list or allow its connection. Do not forget to disable the proxy settings of IE when ProxyMII has been closed. This short tutorial refers to the second and the latest release of @cmalex's ProxyMII. Now, if all steps above have been executed, it should actually work. Perform a test in your Internet Explorer on the websites of Qualys SSL Labs and BrowserLeaks. If you want to do further tests by using one of roytam1's browser editions, you have to import the certificate CA.crt in the browser's certificate storage additionally and change the browser's proxy settings, otherwise it won't work. Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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Right! Definitely no one is interested in wether it is legal or not. And certainly not me! POSReady updates are cool , and they work perfectly! I use them since 2014. Everything is fine, and most of it is good. BTW, no one is forced to use POSReady updates in their system. To each his own! Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Maybe, the POSReady updates are necessary to use this proxy successfully when connecting to the internet by IE8. But, I don't think they are a mandatory requirement for using this proxy in Windows XP generally , although my Windows XP Professional SP3 is fully updated including all existent POSReady updates. Therefore, it is just my personal opinion about mandatory requirements. Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Hi to all and especially to @cmalex and @XPerceniol, I think the problems, some users obviously have with the proxy ProxyMII, can probably be traced back to a misconfiguration. I will write a short tutorial on how to set up and use this proxy correctly. And hopefully, it should actually work properly then. BTW, a proper configuration of ProxHTTPSProxy was already described by me in the first post of my proxy thread in the section Configuration. Just a reminder! Here is the link, once again: https://msfn.org/board/topic/183352-proxhttpsproxy-and-httpsproxy-in-windows-xp-for-future-use/?do=findComment&comment=1213600 The only difference is that the proxy settings of ProxyMII have to be done manually. Cheers, AstroSkipper
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@mina7601, thanks for your reply and your interest! As I already wrote: all further progress and information you'll find soon in my thread "ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use". But first, we need a final release of ProxMII, fulfilling all license agreements. When this release is available, I'll try to implement this proxy in my ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu, if possible. And, I do believe that this is possible, but it won't be as easy as it was in the case of ProxHTTPSProxy REV3e. Anyway, we will see. . Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Hi @XPerceniol and @cmalex, here are two screenshots to demonstrate successful connections to Qualys SSL Labs and Google, established by the TLS 1.3 proxy ProxyMII, using the Internet Explorer 8: Cheers, AstroSkipper
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No problem here with IE8. The proxy ProxyMII works much better with websites in Internet Explorer 8 than ProxHTTPSProxy REV3e. The Microsoft Update website works, too. A search for updates was successfully completed. I tested the service on browserleaks.com, and the SSL Client Test of Qualys SSL Labs - Projects, both also lead to the expected results. TLS 1.3 in IE8. Perfect!
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@cmalex, maybe, it could help you, in the case of ProxyMII, to take a look into @heinoganda's releases of ProxHTTPSProxy. He had documentated his releases very accurately, to fulfill the terms of the license agreements, presumably. He provided changelogs and all necessary documents, too. You can find it in the section Versions and all downloadable releases in the section Downloads of my thread "ProxHTTPSProxy and HTTPSProxy in Windows XP for future use". I refer in particular to the releases ProxHTTPSProxy REV3d and REV3e. And here is the link: @heinoganda provided his source code, too. Here is the link of ProxHTTPSProxy REV3e's source code: https://www.mediafire.com/file/s9027bdxffodbna/cryptography-2.8-py3.4_openssl-1.1.1d.rar/file And here is the link to my release of ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3V1 if you want to take a look into: https://www.mediafire.com/file/h20kkuucurv2i2b/ProxHTTPSProxy_REV3e_PopMenu_3V1.7z/file Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Do you think you'll be able to modify your release of ProxyMII and 3proxy to fulfill the terms of the license agreements? Your release is definitely great and valuable for all those who have to use Windows XP or, like me, want to. But first, thanks again for all your efforts and your explanations! We definitely need you and your skills. We are glad to have you here in this forum. If I can help you, don't hesitate to ask me or our experts here at MSFN! The members in this forum help each other. Kindest regards, AstroSkipper
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Hi @cmalex, I could see that you've already removed your proxy download links. Please, explain what's wrong with these archives, and, what I can do for you. As I already mentioned, I would like to implement your proxy ProxyMII in my ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu for more convenient use, with your permission and with credits to you, of course. The goal of all I do is to future-proof Windows XP, the OS I'll love forever. It's important to have a most recent TLS 1.3 proxy in Windows XP, easy to use, fully documentated, and as convenient as possible. That was the reason I provided ProxHTTPSProxy's PopMenu 3V1 for all interested people, and the reason for the call in this thread, of course. Your second release of ProxyMII is absolutely great! Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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My Browser Builds (Part 3)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
You simply have to reset that entry from context menu. If it is a self-created entry, it'll be deleted after refreshing the page or restarting the browser. If it is an entry that already existed and was changed by you, it will be set back to its default value. Anyway, there is no extra delete button. -
What did you lose? Licensing things? Please let me know how I can help you, but first, explain exactly what you mean with "Licensing things". I don't know what you mean by "helping to get licenses in order". Tell me in detail what I can do for you. Of course, I will help you as much as possible. When you say "it", do you mean 3proxy? If so, I really don't know whether I need additional files or not. I would like to have an informative, detailed manual of 3proxy to understand how this proxy has to be installed correctly and how it works in detail. And many thanks for the additional information referring to 3proxy. Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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My Browser Builds (Part 3)
AstroSkipper replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
Thank you for your further hint! Frankly, I already knew that. We learned that at school, "either...or..., neither...nor...". BTW, for being a mathematician you have to know the difference between "or" on the one hand, and "either...or..." on the other. In my case I totally forgot the correct use of "either" in the meaning of "too". Therefore, I used it wrong in a few cases. And, to complete our examination, there is another use, too. (you see the English lesson was successful, Lol! ). "Either of us" in the meaning of "one of us" or "both". I had a look in my "English Companion's Modern Grammar", and did a Google research, too. As I already said, I was initiated into the mysteries of the English language. And now, my life is a better one. Cheers, AstroSkipper -
Thanks for this additional information! As I already mentioned, I never used 3proxy before. Therefore, I have to collect all necessary information to handle it properly. All of your information seems to be a bit more complicated than it was in the case of ProxHTTPSProxy. But, maybe, just due to my existent knowledge about ProxHTTPSProxy and the lack of knowledge about 3proxy. Good to know that a certificate has to be installed, too. Where do I have to import the certificate 3proxy.pem to? To Trusted Root Certification Authorities local computer or current user? And just for clarification. Are you sure that the certificate for importing is 3proxy.pem and not 3proxy.cer? Such a file can be downloaded here: https://3proxy.org/3proxy.cer The certificate ending of .pem are usually for generating the SSL certificates of websites in the folder certs as in the case of cacert.pem. Or means Code signing certificate it is needed for compiling this proxy? All of that is a bit confusing, the documentation in English is quite incomplete, and, frankly, not the best. ProxHTTPSProxy is able to generate a new CA certificate by itself if there is no such file. Maybe, 3proxy has a similar ability. Just a guess! Anyway, I'll test this proxy when I know enough about it and understand it better. Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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After a short research, I found the same site. There is a documentation available how to install it and so on. I already read the part referring to Windows XP. I'll test it as soon as I know enough about this proxy.
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But TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 are supported, and therefore, all TLS protocols upcto TLS 1.3 are available in this new ProxHTTPSProxy. And that's fine with me. Never used 3proxy before, I'll test it as soon as possible. Do you have any experiences with this proxy?
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@cmalex has recompiled the proxy ProxyMII, and it is now based on openssl 3.0.5 and cryptography 3.4.8. I've tested this new release in New Moon 28.10.6a1 (:2022-07-06) and here are my results. The first screenshot is the result on the website of Qualys SSL Labs - Projects / SSL Client Test: The second screenshot is the result of SSL/TLS Client Security Test on the website BrowserLeaks.com: As you can see, it works perfectly and both, TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, are enabled, too. This proxy provides all TLS protocols from TLS 1.0 to 1.3. It is the most recent ProxHTTPSProxy ever. Cheers, AstroSkipper
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Hello again, @cmalex, at the risk of repeating myself, you are absolutely great! Thank you so much for all your efforts and for the quickest recompilation ever! I know nearly all about ProxHTTPSProxy, but nothing about the other proxy 3proxy. Could you provide some information how to use it? Is there any certificate I have to install in my system? In your first release, I can see such a certificate, but in your latest one, there is none. Kind regards, AstroSkipper
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And again, thank you so much for all this information and for your new download link! Recompiling cryptography 3.4.8 with new OpenSSL3.0.5 would be great, of course. The more recent the better, especially in the regards of ciphers and security protocols. What does your new archive contain? Maybe, I am a bit confused. Did you already recompile it? I am writing here on my Android tablet, I have to start my desktop computer, obviously, to check what you have done and what the new archive is about.
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If you need assistance, don't hesitate to ask me. The proxy ProxyMII is not as complicated as it seems to be. And it definitely works.