[Pidgin] #17054: Cannot Connect Behind McAfee Proxy

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#17054: Cannot Connect Behind McAfee Proxy
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 Reporter:  d12671r  |       Owner:  EionRobb
     Type:  defect   |      Status:  new
Milestone:           |   Component:  unclassified
  Version:  2.11.0   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:           |
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Old description:

> I am attempting to use Pidgin behind a corporate firewall that has
> recently migrated to McAfee. Pidgin worked fine prior to the migration.
> Now, when I try to connect (Google, ICQ), the connection times out. I
> receive the following in the debug log when trying to connect:
>
> Google:
> (14:31:35) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.2.231.107
> (14:31:35) proxy: Connecting to talk.google.com:5222 via xxx.xxx.com:8080
> using HTTP
> (14:31:35) proxy: Connection in progress
> (14:31:35) proxy: Connected to talk.google.com:5222.
> (14:31:35) proxy: Using CONNECT tunneling for talk.google.com:5222
> (14:31:35) proxy: Proxy server replied with:
> HTTP/1.1 407 authenticationrequired
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:31:35 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Cache-Control: no-cache
> Content-Length: 2805
> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
> Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="McAfee Web Gateway"
>
> ICQ:
> (14:47:45) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.2.231.107
> (14:47:45) proxy: Connecting to api.login.icq.net:443 via
> xxx.xxx.com:8080 using HTTP
> (14:47:45) proxy: Connection in progress
> (14:47:45) proxy: Connected to api.login.icq.net:443.
> (14:47:45) proxy: Using CONNECT tunneling for api.login.icq.net:443
> (14:47:46) proxy: Proxy server replied with:
> HTTP/1.1 407 authenticationrequired
> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:47:46 GMT
> Content-Type: text/html
> Cache-Control: no-cache
> Content-Length: 2803
> Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
> Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="McAfee Web Gateway"
>
> Miranda IM connects fine with the same settings as Pidgin for proxy and
> connectivity. Not sure why Miranda works and Pidgin doesn't. I prefer
> Pidgin. Help!

New description:

 I am attempting to use Pidgin behind a corporate firewall that has
 recently migrated to McAfee. Pidgin worked fine prior to the migration.
 Now, when I try to connect (Google, ICQ), the connection times out. I
 receive the following in the debug log when trying to connect:

 Google:

 {{{
 (14:31:35) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.2.231.107
 (14:31:35) proxy: Connecting to talk.google.com:5222 via xxx.xxx.com:8080
 using HTTP
 (14:31:35) proxy: Connection in progress
 (14:31:35) proxy: Connected to talk.google.com:5222.
 (14:31:35) proxy: Using CONNECT tunneling for talk.google.com:5222
 (14:31:35) proxy: Proxy server replied with:
 HTTP/1.1 407 authenticationrequired
 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:31:35 GMT
 Content-Type: text/html
 Cache-Control: no-cache
 Content-Length: 2805
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="McAfee Web Gateway"
 }}}

 ICQ:

 {{{
 (14:47:45) proxy: Attempting connection to 153.2.231.107
 (14:47:45) proxy: Connecting to api.login.icq.net:443 via xxx.xxx.com:8080
 using HTTP
 (14:47:45) proxy: Connection in progress
 (14:47:45) proxy: Connected to api.login.icq.net:443.
 (14:47:45) proxy: Using CONNECT tunneling for api.login.icq.net:443
 (14:47:46) proxy: Proxy server replied with:
 HTTP/1.1 407 authenticationrequired
 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:47:46 GMT
 Content-Type: text/html
 Cache-Control: no-cache
 Content-Length: 2803
 Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive
 Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="McAfee Web Gateway"
 }}}

 Miranda IM connects fine with the same settings as Pidgin for proxy and
 connectivity. Not sure why Miranda works and Pidgin doesn't. I prefer
 Pidgin. Help!

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Comment (by dx):

 (Added code blocks to description)

 Might be related to #16832, but hard to know without a mcafee proxy to
 test with.

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