Re: [PLUG] Proxy Question

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:59:16PM -0400, Naresh wrote:
> Now I atleast know its running. Now at home, when I try to access it with
> links it does not work. I put in http://(ssh hostname) : 8000 for the http
> proxy setting. Am I missing anything else? Should I change something?

For console-based programs, set $http_proxy to the proper URL.  (By way
of illustration, "http_proxy=http://proxy.host.example:8000/";; export
http_proxy".)  See also $ftp_proxy and $gopher_proxy.

For graphical programs, of course, use their configuration menus.  (For
example, "Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Proxies" in Mozilla.)

BTW, you may want to consider not using Junkbuster.  It doesn't have
support for HTTP 1.1, which can cause certain problems with certain
browsers (Mozilla, for example, which may not have a way to change to
HTTP/1.1, depending on the options enabled for the build you have of
it).  More details: <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38488>
and <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90673>.  You may want
to consider using Privoxy instead -- it's a fork of the last released
version of Junkbuster with new features (like HTTP 1.1) added and bugs
fixed and such.  <http://www.privoxy.org/>

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