2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb b/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
index a0b3b7ca26..4505de815e 100644
--- a/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
+++ b/lib/soap/netHttpClient.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ class NetHttpClient
       @proxy = nil
     else
       @proxy = URI.parse(proxy_str)
+      if @proxy.scheme == nil or @proxy.scheme.downcase != 'http' or
+	  @proxy.host == nil or @proxy.port == nil
+	raise ArgumentError.new("unsupported proxy `#{proxy_str}'")
+      end
+      @proxy
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/soap/soap.rb b/lib/soap/soap.rb
index ea2b4db2e1..d00d89b05b 100644
--- a/lib/soap/soap.rb
+++ b/lib/soap/soap.rb
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ end
 
 module Env
   def self.getenv(name)
-    ENV[name.downcase] || ENV[name]
+    ENV[name.downcase] || ENV[name.upcase]
   end
 
   use_proxy = getenv('soap_use_proxy') == 'on'