Cam wrote:
Philip
> I have a laptop that travels with me from work (where there's the
> use of web proxies) to home (where I don't), and was overwhelmed
> by the number of config files that I have to switch over every time
> I move from one place to the other.
How about having a lightweight proxy on every machine. All configuration
should point to the local proxy.
When the network changes, only the proxy need be informed of the changes.
It's a horrible hack, I know :) but configuration in the environment
isn't dynamic enough, and hell will freeze over before any new
configuration scheme reaches the level of acceptance that http_proxy in
env has.
-Cam
Yes,
I've been following this thread and was thinking the same, that sounds
like a sane & good solution. (Notice that I have no use for such a setup
myself and I've got 0 experience in using proxies, so this is just IMHO).
Regards,
Hans