Hi Mark, > Checking the checkbox in Firefox to have all the proxies use the same host > and port sets up the HTTP proxy and the SOCKS proxy to use the same host and > port. Is this a valid configuration? It seems that SOCKS and HTTP work on > different levels of the TCP stack, so their proxies would as well.
On the client side, they're on different levels. But a proxy can switch behavior to provide proxy services on different levels. There will always be a plain socket connection to the proxy first. If the incoming data starts with "HTTP", it's an HTTP request. If it starts with 0x05, it's probably a SOCKS 5 request. Think of a firewall/router with built-in proxy functionality. Nevertheless you can discuss with the Firefox guys how to improve their interaction with Java WebStart. cheers, Roland
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