Is it possible that wget simply expects a HTTPS proxy to speak SSL? So the proxy should be configured to listen on a different port and present a certificate, etc.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to wget in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/994097 Title: Downloading files from SSL/HTTPS sites via proxy is broken Status in wget package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Description: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Release: 12.04 wget: Installed: 1.13.4-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.13.4-2ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.13.4-2ubuntu1 0 When setting the parameter https_proxy, wget fails with the following error: Proxy tunneling failed: Bad RequestUnable to establish SSL connection. Here is and example: WITHOUT PROXY: root@server:~# wget -O test https://www.google.com/ --2012-05-03 16:49:33-- https://www.google.com/ Resolving www.google.com (www.google.com)... 74.125.226.82, 74.125.226.83, 74.125.226.84, ... Connecting to www.google.com (www.google.com)|74.125.226.82|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found Location: https://www.google.ca/ [following] --2012-05-03 16:49:33-- https://www.google.ca/ Resolving www.google.ca (www.google.ca)... 74.125.226.87, 74.125.226.88, 74.125.226.95 Connecting to www.google.ca (www.google.ca)|74.125.226.87|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: `test' [ <=> ] 12,137 --.-K/s in 0.009s 2012-05-03 16:49:33 (1.36 MB/s) - `test' saved [12137] WITH PROXY: root@server:~# export https_proxy=http://192.168.1.5:80/ root@server:~# wget -O test https://www.google.com/ --2012-05-03 16:49:47-- https://www.google.com/ Connecting to 192.168.1.5:80... connected. Proxy tunneling failed: Bad RequestUnable to establish SSL connection. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wget/+bug/994097/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
