A sole, standard proxy library for Fedora

[Hans de Goede]

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