cloning repository through http with session

Shane Turner shane.turner at newpace.ca
Wed Dec 5 12:33:45 UTC 2012


On 04/12/2012 5:58 PM, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 21:10 +0100, Sascha Andres wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to clone a repository through an http channel. This http channel
>> is a pass-through through a firewall with VPN. Basically I open a portal
>> logon and have a bookmark to browse that site.
>>
>> Let's say the firewall is http://fw and my hg repository http://hg.repo the
>> url I browse while I'm signed into the VPN looks like this:
>> http://fw/go?hg.rep with additional subdirectories when required.
>>
>> I took that url and tried to clone it and he was able to contact the url,
>> but the error is that the session has been closed.
> There's probably a cookie involved. It's probably a lost cause.
>
> Also, the scheme you describe sounds MASSIVELY broken from a web-browser
> security perspective. Run, don't walk, to another firewall vendor.
Sascha,

I've used a Juniper VPN system that provided a similar interface for 
simply connecting to internal web sites, but it also provided the 
ability to run a local client that would bring up a full VPN connection 
to allow normal connectivity to internal systems. If yours provides a 
similar capability, then you should be able to connect to your Mercurial 
repository without any problem.

Shane
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