Dynamic proxy not accepting connections

[Maigaard]

When I create a SSH server connection, and enable Dynamic Proxy,
FireFox will report "Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that
is refusing connections.". I can also see, that if I telnet to the
proxy port (port 1081), the connection is refused.

This on Mac OS X 10.5.4, latest updates. AlmostVPN 1.6/226.

In the log window of AlmostVPN, not a single error is recorded. No
connection attempts are shown, the traffic part of the log is empty.
I have green lights for the server, and the profile is started etc.
All seems good in AlmostVPN.

So I assume that the connection to the port is blocked before it
reaches AlmostVPN.
My firewall setting is "Set access for specific services", and
AlmostVPN is on the "allow incoming connections" list.

I have tried other ports, same result.

What could be causing this problem? I do not run any third party FW
software.

Best regards,

/Soren

[Maigaard]

I should add, that if I do this in terminal:

ssh -D 1081 username@servername -p port

it works just fine in Firefox and I can telnet to 1081 etc.

So the problem seems to be within AlmostVPN, even though it does not
report anything... ?

/Soren

[Leaping Bytes, LLC]

Sorry for delay.

Why are you using port 1081? Have you changed it in AVPN (by default
it will setup proxy on SOCKS default port which is 1080)?

Andrei Tchijov
Leaping Bytes, LLC

[Maigaard]

I just chose port 1081 to avoid using a default port and ensure there
was no conflict in case other apps wanted to use port 1080.
But yes, I changed it in AVPN. I also tried port 1080, does not work
either.

/Soren

On Aug 4, 4:23 pm, "Leaping Bytes, LLC" <andrei.tchi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Andrei Tchijov]

Could you please e-mail me (sup...@leapingbytes.com) almostvpn.log
file from this folder:

~/Library/Application Support/AlmostVPNPRO

NOTE: This file does not contain any passwords, but it does contain
real user names/host names/ip addresses. If you want, you can replace
this somewhat sensitive information with placebo.

Andrei Tchijov
Leaping Bytes, LLC