simplest useful HTTPS with basic proxy authenticationOverview
This is just about the most simple Snippet of how to do proxy authentication with SSL using python. The current httplib only supports ssl through a proxy _without_ authentication. This example does basic proxy auth that a lot of proxy servers can support. This will at least give someone an idea of how to do it and then improve it and incorporate it however they want.
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Fixed some bugs.
simplest useful HTTPS with basic proxy authenticationInformation