hello polipo developers, i'd like to suggest a minor but imo useful enhancements for the documentation:
the documentation on http and socks proxies lists examples, especially on ssh usage, which is i appreciate for practicality, but doesn't take into consideration recent features of ssh. currently, the http example describes using ssh to secure a connection to a proxy running on the very machine the ssh connection is established to. the current socks example focuses on tor, claiming it to be the "main application" of socks forwarding. openssh since 4.3 supports socks proxying by itself, so an additional section under the tor example in doc/SOCKS-parent-proxies.html could look like this: ---------- SOCKS can also be used directly in connection with SSH. Requests will be tunnelled through SSH and further originate from the SSH server: $ ssh -f -N -C -D 1080 login.myuniversity.edu $ polipo socksParentProxy=localhost:1080 ---------- as this obsoletes the use of two chained polipo instances in the html page, i suggest that the http example in doc/HTTP-parent-proxies.html be changed to this: ---------- $ ssh -f -N -C -L 8124:gateway.myuniversity.edu:8080 login.myuniversity.edu $ polipo parentProxy=localhost:8124 If it is sufficient to just cross the firewall with the SSH connection, an HTTP parent proxy is not required, as SSH can also [act as a SOCKS proxy by itself](link to socks page). ---------- i think these modifications would make the documentation reflect realistic cases better, keep people from setting up unnecessarily complex systems and generally be more useful. please keep me in cc in responses, as i'm not subscribed to the polipo-users list. regards chrysn -- To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers. -- Bene Gesserit axiom
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