Re: global proxy settings

[Joe Shaw <joe ximian com>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 16:26, Alex Graveley wrote:
> On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 15:19, Glynn Foster wrote:
> > Currently /system/gnome-vfs/[use-http-proxy, http-proxy-host] is being
> > used so it's probably a good idea to stick with that.

Is this a URL?  For authenticated proxies, is it correct to say:

	http://user:password proxyhost:port

... or should we also add http-proxy-user and http-proxy-password?

> Does 
> 	/system/gnome-vfs/
> 		use-socks-proxy 
> 		socks-proxy-host 
> 		socks-proxy-user 
> 		socks-proxy-password
> 
> work for everyone as well?

Which takes precedence, a SOCKS proxy or an HTTP proxy?  I think it
would be better to have a "use-proxy" flag, and just use a URL, with
"http", "socks4" or "socks5" as the protocol.

Joe