On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 02:09:57PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > > This is one area where Windows has got a far better solution that Unix. I'm > > sure it's for technical regions, but I have at least ten different areas in > > which I set proxy servers and I'm fed up with it. > > > > We should have a standard place for these things - say: > > > > /etc/proxies > > ------------ > > http="http://www.proxy.company.com:80"; > > ftp="ftp://ftpproxy.firewall.com"; > > > > How about making this policy. I realise that most upstream packages will be > > harder to convert, but someone has to make a start. At least all debian > > originated packages can be made to use this. > > If you are going to do this then someone is going to have to decide on a > format for that file. There are many different kinds of proxies out there > :|
Hmm - I don't really know much about this - other than some ask for username and password. Do you know what sort of thing we should have to support the full range? Thanks Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
