Pros and cons of using a Http proxy v/s https proxy?

Question

The JVM allows proxy properties http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort for specifying a HTTP proxy server and https.proxyHost and https.proxyPort for specifying a HTTPS proxy ser

Answer 1

If you mean connecting to a HTTP proxy server over TLS by saying HTTPS proxy, then

I was wondering whether there are any advantages of using a HTTPS proxy server compared to a HTTP proxy server ?

The advantage is that your client's connection to proxy server is encrypted. E.g. A firewall can't not see which host you use CONNECT method connect to.

Is accessing a https url via a HTTPS proxy less cumbersome than accesing it from a HTTP proxy ?

Everything is the same except that with HTTPS proxy, brower to proxy server connection is encrypted.

But you need to deploy a certificate on your proxy server, like how a https website does, and use a pac file to configure the brower to enable Connecting to a proxy over SSL.

For more details and a practical example, check my question and answer here HTTPs proxy server only works in SwitchOmega