Hello Jim, Tuesday, May 28, 2002, 6:53:49 PM, you wrote: JH> What does ISA enter in the WEB...log for those attempts? " ip, username, -, -, 5/29/2002, 14:34:37, -, PROXY2, -, irc.umid.uz,- , 6667, 0, 0, 0, SSL-tunnel, -, -, irc.umid.uz:6667, -, Inet, 12204, -, -, - " And this answer client get from ISA HTTP 502 Proxy Error - The specified Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port is not allowed. ISA Server is not configured to allow SSL requests from this port. Most Web browsers use port 443 for SSL requests. (12204) Internet Security and Acceleration Server JH> A "connect" is the correct request to make to a proxy... What do you mean by "correct request"? Correct Syntax or something else? Best regards, Robert MCSE(NT4,W2k)