On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, D wrote:
Read the article very carefully, I think it explains how to use the
new setup nicely
(http://www.cc.iitd.ac.in/CSC/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=90)
on CSC web site(http://www.cc.iitd.ernet.in/)
It explains how to use the new servers for updates...

Hi - this is somewhat incomplete. Thanks to Dr. Shouribrata Chatterjee for his help in suggesting the following, which seems to work for me:

First, set the browser preferences, as mentioned in the CSC page
http://www.cc.iitd.ac.in/cgi-bin/proxy.category
Then, try to go to any site: it will point you to a proxy login
page, where it will have a line:
For non-browser Applications (Proxy_Name: proxyzz.iitd.ernet.in
Proxy_IP: 10.10.78.zz Proxy_port: xxxx)
This gives a clue to the configuration.
Now, go to:

System->Preferences->Network Proxy
Manual proxy configuration
Use the same proxy for all protocols
10.10.78.zz, Port: xxxx
Apply Sytem-Wide
This will ask for the root password twice.

Now, go to the browser, and again in the browser preferences:
Point it to use the system network proxy

For non-browser applications? wget, apt-get and perhaps a few more:
Set a environment variable
in tcsh: setenv http_proxy 10.10.78.zz:xxxx
in bash: set http_proxy=10.10.78.zz:xxxx

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