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From: eunever32 on 24 Mar 2010 12:57
Hi

I am attempting to connect to a web service from a unix server which
is behind a firewall

The first problem I have is that the apache axis is complaining about
the URL

I can only assume this is because there is no DNS on the Unix server
but I was hoping the axis client would send to the proxy before trying
to interpret the URL

The errors is as follows:
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}
Server.userException
faultSubcode:
faultString: java.net.UnknownHostException: xyz.uiop.com
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}
stackTrace:java.net.UnknownHostException: xyz.uiop.com


I then tried using the ip-address ie 159.137.136.87 on the windows
network (which normally works) but this failed with a HTTP 404 error
unknown host. Could it be because the ip-address is "non-
authoritative"?

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: xyz.uiop.com
Address: 159.137.136.87

The second problem, which I haven't yet encountered is that I may need
to be "logged" into the network as well as setting the http.proxyHost/
user/password/port settings in the jvm argument. Could this be the
problem?

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks
From: RedGrittyBrick on 24 Mar 2010 14:16
On 24/03/2010 16:57, eunever32(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am attempting to connect to a web service from a unix server which
> is behind a firewall
>
> The first problem I have is that the apache axis is complaining about
> the URL
>
> I can only assume this is because there is no DNS on the Unix server

That is a reasonable assumption. I suggest you configure DNS or put a
record into /etc/hosts for the target domain name and IP-address


> but I was hoping the axis client would send to the proxy before trying
> to interpret the URL
>
> The errors is as follows:
> AxisFault
> faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}
> Server.userException
> faultSubcode:
> faultString: java.net.UnknownHostException: xyz.uiop.com
> faultActor:
> faultNode:
> faultDetail:
> {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}
> stackTrace:java.net.UnknownHostException: xyz.uiop.com
>
>

> I then tried using the ip-address ie 159.137.136.87 on the windows
> network (which normally works)

This won't work in most cases as the client wont send a HTTP Host header
which the web-server usually needs to distinguish amongst the web-sites
it hosts.

> but this failed with a HTTP 404 error
> unknown host.

That is a reply from a web server saying it can't find what you are
looking for (probably because the Host header wasn't in the HTTP headers).

> Could it be because the ip-address is "non-
> authoritative"?
>
> Non-authoritative answer:
> Name: xyz.uiop.com
> Address: 159.137.136.87
>

No, non-authoritative means that a nearby DNS server has answered your
question rather than referring the question to the authoritative DNS
server. This is normal. The IP-address should be the correct one for
that domain name unless the web-server has been rehosted very recently
and the DNS admins failed to reduce the time-to-live (TTL) on the DNS
data in preparation for the move.

> The second problem, which I haven't yet encountered is that I may need
> to be "logged" into the network as well as setting the http.proxyHost/
> user/password/port settings in the jvm argument. Could this be the
> problem?

I'd seek the assistance of whoever administers the HTTP proxy. They vary
a lot.

--
RGB
From: Roedy Green on 24 Mar 2010 19:14
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:57:58 -0700 (PDT), "eunever32(a)yahoo.co.uk"
<eunever32(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :

>Any suggestions appreciated.

do the same thing with a browser, and snoop on the conversation.
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