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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>(I apologize if this gets posted twice. The first time I sent it with the wrong email address.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am using OpenLayers Version 2.12 and GeoServer Version 2.2.4. I have two issues that I am trying to understand. The first issue is concerning the ProxyHost. If I understand the <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost">documentation</a> correctly, I don’t need to use a ProxyHost because my pages are being hosted by the same server that GeoServer is running on. I can access the data fine without using a ProxyHost, but I have a select control using OpenLayers.Control.WMSGetFeatureInfo that will not function without using the ProxyHost (I have it setup just as described in the documentation).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The second issue is concerning accessing secured layers in GeoServer. I was able to access a secured layer using HTTP basic authentication as Andreas described in the following post:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Load-GeoServer-WMS-secured-layers-with-OpenLayers-td3919938.html">http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Load-GeoServer-WMS-secured-layers-with-OpenLayers-td3919938.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But I am having problems accessing the secured layer in the same way using WMSGetFeatureInfo. When I use a ProxyHost and try to use the select control using WMSGetFeatureInfo, I get the following error in Firebug: "NetworkError: 502 Bad Gateway”. Without the ProxyHost I get the following error: “NS_ERROR_DOM_BAD_URI: Access to restricted URI denied”. Evidently the authentication has to be handled differently when using WMSGetFeatureInfo.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have done a lot of searching on the web for answers to both of these issues, and so far have not found a solution. Before I started trying to access the secure layer, I just went ahead and used a ProxyHost and everything works fine. When I started trying to access the secure layer and ran into the problems described, I started questioning whether or not I even needed the ProxyHost.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If someone could point me in the right direction on these issues, I would really appreciate it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jerome Wendell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>