Toolbar and Proxomitron

Issue with local proxy

[mat]

Using the excellent Proxomitron - it runs as a local proxy and filters out pretty much anything you want it to - no ads, pop-ups, sounds, Flash, animation - but it somehow blocks the Google toolbar PR.
I wrote to G a while ago and they responded, and with the version after that it started working again. Now it doesn't (1.162), and it has to be disabled to be able to see PR.
Anyone know of a workaround? I know it's a long shot, but it may also serve as a heads-up if any G toolbar people are reading.

Mat

[Brett_Tabke]

hmmm. I don't know what the scoop is there. I just tried proxo with ie/toolbar combo, and it worked for me.
Could there be some proxo filter you have that is inadvertantly modifying the text stuff coming back from google that contains the pr?

[mat]

Ah well - wasted some time fiddling with this, couldn't get it to work, so have given in and added *google* to the bypass list. Inelegant, but effective.
Thanks Brett,

Mat

[Damian]

Just to confirm it's not you only mat..the combination doesn't work for me either..no pagerank.

[Brett_Tabke]

Does it do it if you use the "by pass" filters button on the main screen of proxo? If it does, then it is clearly one of the proxo filters that is glitching the exchange with google.com. Which makes it a proxo config issue and not a google issue.

[mat]

Bypassing the filters does enable PR, the problem is that I diligently went through and turned off the filters one by one, checked the toolbar, and still couldn't get it to work, so it must be a combination of filters that blocks it, and I don't have time to go down that road.
As I said, the odd thing is that one or two versions back, PR was showing with Proxomitron running, so there seems to be an issue somewhere around midway.
Whatever, thanks for following this. The generic 'allow all google' wildcard exception does work, it just means I'm open to junk from any site the incorporated the word google in its domain. I can live with that, the 'problem' is simply one of being a perfectionist I guess.

Mat

[Brett_Tabke]

My guess would be the User Agent string. I think you have to pass the google string.

[mat]

.. and now we're starting to go over the top of my head. I changed a few user-agent settings, still to no avail. Time to walk away, methinks.

Mat

[Brett_Tabke]

It's the outbound "accept encoding" header. Turn that off, and it works ok.

[mat]

You're clearly far more of a dog with a bone than I am, Brett. Been there, tried that, no joy. Thanks for looking and posting, again.

Mat

[hansfn]

>> Ah well - wasted some time fiddling with this, couldn't get it to work, so have given in and added *google* to the bypass list. Inelegant, but effective. <<

I used the Log window of Proxomitron to see what hosts sending the request needed by the toolbar and I found two:
216.239.53.102 and 216.239.39.102
That was today. Maybe they are using some other IP numbers tomorrow. However, I'm using
216.239.[^/]+/
in the bypass list and that works. I think it's better than using *google* ...

Hans - just joined.