[OpenLayers-Users] Using Proxy Host?

[Ryan Williams]

Hi all,

I know similar questions have been asked, but after searching for most 
of the morning I have yet to find an answer that I can get to work.

I'm trying to make this work: Geoserver 2.0-SNAPSHOT is on one server 
with it's own domain; Our web server is on a different server in a 
different domain.
My page is html with OpenLayers 2.9 and other JavaScript and it is 
served up by the web server (call it dev.mapping.com/maps.html).
I'm able to display map images and legends from Geoserver and 
GeoWebCache, but when I attempt a WMS GetFeatureInfo request I receive a 
blank popup and firefox reports: "401 Full Authentication is required to 
access this resource"

Now, I think this is due to the 'Same Origin Policy' and I may be able 
to setup a proxy to get around this.

So, is this a situation where adding "dev.mapping.com" to the permitted 
hostnames in the Geoserver Proxy Administration UI should make this work?
Do I need to be setting the OpenLayers.ProxyHost variable? (I realize 
this is an OpenLayers question)
Is this something that needs to be setup on the web server instead?

I've tried adding the hostname to the permitted hostnames in the 
Geoserver UI and haven't seen any changes. Am I completely 
misunderstanding what this proxy config is for?

Thanks for any ideas,
Ryan

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Ryan Williams, GISP
GIS Analyst / Programmer
PAQ Interactive Inc.
107 S State St., Suite 300
Monticello, IL 61856-1968
Office: (217) 762-7955
Mobile: (217) 722-2794
rwilliams at paqinteractive.com