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Also, remember that some programs don't respect the system's proxy settings and instead use their own. Firefox is one of those, you can find its proxy settings
by alanstorm 16y ago
Also, remember that some programs don't respect the system's proxy settings and instead use their own. Firefox is one of those, you can find its proxy settings in "Advanced -> Network -> Settings"
- mfukar 16y agoAfter Firefox 3.6.4, the default proxy selection policy is to use the system default, instead of no proxy.
- imurray 16y agoAlso Firefox doesn't put DNS through a socks proxy by default, which has some security implications and doesn't allow you to reach internal-only names. In about:config set: network.proxy.socks_remote_dns to True.
- subbu 16y agohttp://lifehacker.com/237227/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-browsing-session-with-an-ssh-socks-proxy http://lifehacker.com/237227/geek-to-live--encrypt-your-web-... That link has screenshots to help you configure Firefox to use the ssh proxy.
- gaoshan 16y agoalanstorm of stackoverflow answers that deal with Magento fame (well, fame being a relative term but famous to me, anyway)?
- alanstorm 16y agoYeah, I'm that Alan Storm. NOT the WCW scrub wrestler.
- staktrace 16y agoUnfortunately Opera doesn't support SOCKS proxies. http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/194/ http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/194/
- seanalltogether 16y agoAlso unfortunately I think Flash and Silverlight media streaming don't respect proxies, leaving me unable to stream Hulu and Netflix when I'm in the UK.
- enneff 16y agoThey _should_, and do for me typically using Chrome.