Arthur
I think that is a bit over kill. Quite possible, an iptables
approach
to make things more transperent, along with system wide applying of
proxy configs (maybe a plugin system so diff. apps can let the
configuring app know where to find them) might be easier to do.
I don't see how that would be easier - it would certainly be more work.
What I describe could be achieved with configuration of existing software.
I use a variation of the above (with an ssh tunnel) to retrieve mail
from several different networks, without having to reconfigure the
mailer app.
-Cam
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