On 5/27/06, Cam <camilo(a)mesias.co.uk> 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
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.
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