There shouldn't be anything huge -- but there does need to be consistency. Multiple apps need proxy settings, but store them differently. * Synaptic has proxy settings. * gconf has proxy settings. * command-line environment variables have proxy settings. * firefox has proxy settings. * (maybe) NetworkManager has proxy settings <- maybe they should be here. Proxies should be different depending on your network.
The next problem to tackle is that a proxy server can have authentication. So you're dealing with a username and password, which is privileged information, which needs to be transferred between users. Maybe through a gnome keyring, or maybe the way NetworkManager stores WAP/WPA passwords. Find the right place. Create policy. Keep in mind that usernames and passwords can contain non-alphanumerics. A proxy server has the right to re-authenticate at any GET/POST request. A proxy server could have automatic WPAD settings -- which means you need a JavaScript interpreter. This gets used to exclude certain domains, and to redirect to different proxys depending on the protocol. -- get proxy config from gnome configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13661 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
