HTTPS connections over proxy servers

Question

Is it possible to have HTTPS connections over proxy servers? If yes, what kind of proxy server allows this?

Duplicated with How to use Socks 5 proxy with Apache HTT

Answer 1

as far as i can remember, you need to use a HTTP CONNECT query on the proxy. this will convert the request connection to a transparent TCP/IP tunnel.

so you need to know if the proxy server you use support this protocol.