Proxy config

[James Wilkinson]

Richard Barry asked:
> Is there any way to use "export http_proxy" and specify a range of
> addresses
> to not use the proxy for (like the "No Proxy for" field in Firefox)?
> I'm
> behind a firewall and all network apps have to go through the proxy
> for IPs
> outside our network, but not for IPs inside the network (we pay for
> going
> through the proxy).  I can set Firefox up like that, but how do I do
> it for
> other network apps (like apt) where "export
> http_proxy=http://username:password@host:port" would usually work?

Fabio Rafael da Rosa replied:
> Theres no way to do this for "every" program that uses network.
> This is a program feature, not an environment feature.

Of course, you can always set up squid (or another proxy) on your local
machine, and configure it to send requests for remote IPs to the "real"
proxy.

Then you point http_proxy to your local proxy.

Hope this helps,

James.

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