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That sounds weird to me, as your description of it sounds like https servers in general shouldn't work through a (squid) proxy.

However, they work just fine.

They work if you have control over the client and can either explicitly configure them to use a proxy server or if your client is ok to speak to a different domain for which you have the legit certificates. With the Netflix app both of this won’t be the case. When using it with a browser for which you can change connection settings it might work.

With the Netflix app both of this won’t be the case.

Thanks, I'd forgotten about that. I've not used Netflix, so didn't really associate "it's an app with no proxy settings ability".

That being said though, if it's being used on a device (android, iSomething) shouldn't it all "just work" if the proxy is set in the OS system settings?

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