Does anybody know if there is a workaround to the issue described in #NIM061853 and #NIM063099? They both describe the same problem. Unfortunatly I don't see these numbers in the ArcGIS 10.0 Service Pack 5 Announcement. I have SP3, so I had a look in SP4 for these NIM's as well, but no, they were not included.
I have tried to put my proxy information in ArcCatalog Options under Connections, but with no luck.
I can see with Fiddler there is a POST to http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/services and the answer from the proxy says: <HTML><HEAD> <TITLE>Access Denied</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <FONT face="Helvetica"> <big><strong></strong></big><BR> </FONT> <blockquote> <TABLE border=0 cellPadding=1 width="80%"> <TR><TD> <FONT face="Helvetica"> <big>Access Denied (authentication_failed)</big> <BR> <BR> </FONT> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <FONT face="Helvetica"> Your credentials could not be authenticated: "Credentials are missing.". You will not be permitted access until your credentials can be verified. </FONT> </TD></TR> <TR><TD> <FONT face="Helvetica"> This is typically caused by an incorrect username and/or password, but could also be caused by network problems. ...
I don't know much about proxy configuration, but mayby I can ask the proxy people on my company to do some tweak until there is a service pack with a solution?