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threat of theft of sensitive data. If you try to connect to a server and you have a valid SSL certificate, you
should be able to connect to the web site.
Proxy Server Authentication
Your local LAN may use a proxy server to connect to the internet. Web client applications such as internet
browsers provide a mechanism for specifying a proxy server, and MapInfo Professional does as well.
By default, MapInfo Professional uses your system settings-the same settings used by Internet Explorer-for
a proxy server. Those settings can be accessed via the Connections tab under Internet Options in
the Control Panel, or via the same dialog invoked in Internet Explorer via the Tools > Internet Options
menu option. Ask you system administrator for the correct settings.
You can override these settings in MapInfo Professional via their Web Services preferences. Select
Options > Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box and then click Web Services. The first
tab in the Web Services Preferences dialog box displays Proxy Server settings.
There are several options for a proxy server.
• Use System Settings is the default option which uses the system settings for a proxy server, such
as the same settings as Internet Explorer.
• Use Direct Connection bypasses any system proxy server settings and connects directly to the
Internet. This option will only work if your LAN allows direct connections.
• Use Proxy Server also bypasses the system settings and allows you to specify a proxy server to use
for MapInfo Professional. Ask your system administrator for the settings to use.
If you do use a proxy server to connect to the Internet, the proxy server may also require authentication
in the form of a user name and password. Your system administrator should tell you what these are. If
a user name and password are required, you will be prompted for them via a dialog when MapInfo
Professional attempts to connect to the Internet, such as when drawing a tile server layer.
Enter the appropriate user name and password. You may also choose the Remember my password
check box so the system will remember these values between sessions of MapInfo Professional. Within
a session you should only need to specify the username and password once.
You can set automatic authentication for a proxy server when accessing Bing Map, Move Map, and the
Web Feature Service (WFS). For details, see
Single Sign-On Credentials for Proxy Servers Accessing
Map Services .
Single Sign-On Credentials for Proxy Servers Accessing Map Services
You can set automatic authentication for a proxy server when accessing Bing Map, Move Map, and the
Web Feature Service (WFS).
MapInfo Professional supports single sign-on authentication with proxy servers while accessing tile map
services, such as Bing Map. MapInfo Professional signs on to the proxy server for you by automatically
passing your Windows Authentication credentials (your Windows username and password), so that you
do not have to type your proxy username and password.
Support for single sign-on authentication for proxy servers is in addition to our existing support for basic
authentication for proxy servers. If you have your proxy server set up with basic authentication, then you
still need to enter a username and password. For automatic authentication, you must have NTLM,
Kerberos, or Negotiate authentication set up on the proxy server, and your proxy access credentials
must be the same as your Windows Authentication credentials.
This single sign on experience does not apply to Tile Server authentication when the Tile Server you
are using requires you to sign on before accessing map tiles.
Microsoft ISA and TMG Proxy servers use Negotiate authentication when authentication mode
is set to Integrated. Note:
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Chapter 16: Working with Data from a Web Service