On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:57, H. S. Teoh wrote: > > It would be really "cool"(tm) if I didn't have to reconfigure every > > program on my laptop to use a different proxy server every time I plug > > it into a different network. > > Run a local proxy that forwards connections to the (external) proxy of > your choice, and point all applications at it?
Then of course there's the issue of how to configure the local proxy. For the local proxy on my laptop I use m4 to change it's configuration from a script which knows about the networks I regularly connect to. The ideal solution however would be an addition to the DHCP standard for a field to specify this information. My solution only works AFTER I have figured out the correct data for each network by some other means and customised my script. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page