Jay Garcia wrote: > >Hmmmm, wonder if entering localhost or 127.0.0.1 in the no-proxy field >will work ?? >
Shouldn't the address 127.0.0.1 be a general exception of the proxy forwarding as default? As a developer I found it very annoying that I have to specify this address as a special exception from my general proxy settings, because 127.0.0.1 really means "this local machine". I think, regardless of proxy settings, 127.0.0.1 should mean this local host and should'nt be forwarded to any proxy. This is really important for software or software developer which use a local web server. If the user forgets to specify 127.0.0.1 under the no-proxy settings local web servers or development with things like tomcat don't work. The error message of a proxy in regard to localhost forwarding isn't very helpful either. The user just get's a message like couldn't find page http://localhost/.... and often doesn't recognize that this has to do with forwarding to the proxy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Clemens Duepmeier, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tel: +49 7247 825721 Institut fuer Angewandte Informatik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe 76021 Eggenstein/Leopoldshafen (Germany)
