I need to access an https repository behind a proxy. I got this error : "java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect" which makes me think that the request is send directly to the remote server and not to the proxy. These docs : http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/security/jsse/samples/README.txt http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/net/proxies.html describe the "https.proxyHost" and "https.proxyPort" properties. I tried them on the 1.4.2 Jdk and it works. Do you want me to post a patch ? Thanks, Thomas