On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > > > 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?
Well, http is pretty simple, it's either authenticated or unauthenticated HTTP proxy protocol. There should be a way to specifiy for which hosts it applies to.. You could also do HTTP over socks4/5 but that's a bit silly. FTP is difficult, there is at least: ftp over http ftp over [EMAIL PROTECTED] ftp over site ftp over ?? [I forget this one] ftp over NAT (passive) ftp over socks4 and socks5 Many of those have authenticated versions as well and all should have a way to specify which addresses apply. Jason -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
