[plug] "No proxy" for Galeon

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi Cameron;

On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Cameron Patrick wrote:

> Onno Benschop wrote:
>
> > >In order to reach the internet Galeon must, in this case, go through
> > >a proxy (squid). However, if the server is on a local network then no
> > >proxy should be used. Direct Connection means that proxying is not used at
> > >all. There used to be a "no proxy for" spec that could be used to tell
> > >Galeon which networks should not require a proxy.
>
> > That would be a squid setting, not a Galeon setting...
>
> It certainly _used_ to be a browser setting.  While Gnome sometimes
> subscribes to the "providing functionality would confuse people"
> school of thought and doesn't provide extra options, it seems that in
> this case it does: the "ignore host list" box in the "advanced
> settings" tab sounds like what you're after.

"ignore host list": Which does not exist on any of these systems (Gnome
2.8.1).

The only solution I can see is to install squid on each system, and point
the Galeons to those, and use those squids to select a firewall proxy or
local httpd. Bit of a mess.

>
> Cameron.
>

Cheers

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