How to test a .net application against a proxy?

Question

I need to support the use of proxy on our application that is using WCF connections.

We do not have any proxy server on our network and I don't want to disrupt our corporate network by requesting a proxy installation. I was thinking of installing a proxy server on a local virtual machine and configurating Internet Explorer so that it will challenge that proxy.

I don't know what proxy software to use (I don't want to install ISA server) and I don't know how to configure one.

Does someone have any suggestion for a easy to use software that will require an authentication for any WCF services and do you have any guideline that would be helpful to know when testing a software against a proxy?

Answer 1

Take a look at Fiddler: http://www.fiddlertool.com. It installs itself as a proxy on your local machine, routing all requests through it.