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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Changing the proxy for one application
From:       "Joris Guisson" <joris.guisson () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-12-13 13:52:15
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We got a request from somebody who wanted to do his surfing via a tor proxy,
and do his bittorrenting with a normal HTTP proxy.  I'm just investigating
if it is possible to do this.

Anyway, I'll see if this UseProxy metadata option does the trick.

Joris,

On 12/12/06, Thiago Macieira <thiago@kde.org> wrote:
>
> Joris Guisson wrote:
> >I have a small question regarding the HTTP proxy settings. Is it
> >possible to use a different proxy for one application only ? In
> >essence I'm looking for an option you could pass to a KIO::Job, so
> >that a different HTTP proxy would be used only for that job.
>
> We have no infrastructure for setting proxies individually for
> applications, so I have no idea why you would want that. We need that
> infrastructure first -- then KIO can automatically set the proxies on a
> per-application basis.
>
> In the case of Kopete or KMail, it should even be done on a per-account
> basis (for example, you may want to use KDE's global SOCKS5 proxy setting
> for some SMTP and POP3 servers, but not for the ones in your local
> network). This has been on my TO-DO list for years, but I doubt I will
> implement it for KDE 4.
>
> That said, however, kio_http retrieves its proxy setting from the
> metadata "UseProxy". If that is set, it should contain a valid URL with
> the proxy's host, port, username and password. See function
> HTTPProtocol::resetSessionSettings in kio_http.
>
> --
> Thiago Macieira - thiago (AT) macieira.info - thiago (AT) kde.org
>   PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; fingerprint:
>   E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C 966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 5358
>
>
>

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We got a request from somebody who wanted to do his surfing via a tor proxy, and do \
his bittorrenting with a normal HTTP proxy.&nbsp; I'm just investigating if it is \
possible to do this.<br><br>Anyway, I'll see if this UseProxy metadata option does \
the trick. <br><br>Joris,<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/12/06, <b \
class="gmail_sendername">Thiago Macieira</b> &lt;<a \
href="mailto:thiago@kde.org">thiago@kde.org</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Joris Guisson wrote:<br>&gt;I have a small question \
regarding the HTTP proxy settings. Is it<br>&gt;possible to use a different proxy for \
one application only ? In<br>&gt;essence I'm looking for an option you could pass to \
a KIO::Job, so <br>&gt;that a different HTTP proxy would be used only for that \
job.<br><br>We have no infrastructure for setting proxies individually \
for<br>applications, so I have no idea why you would want that. We need \
that<br>infrastructure first -- then KIO can automatically set the proxies on a \
<br>per-application basis.<br><br>In the case of Kopete or KMail, it should even be \
done on a per-account<br>basis (for example, you may want to use KDE's global SOCKS5 \
proxy setting<br>for some SMTP and POP3 servers, but not for the ones in your local \
<br>network). This has been on my TO-DO list for years, but I doubt I \
will<br>implement it for KDE 4.<br><br>That said, however, kio_http retrieves its \
proxy setting from the<br>metadata &quot;UseProxy&quot;. If that is set, it should \
contain a valid URL with <br>the proxy's host, port, username and password. See \
function<br>HTTPProtocol::resetSessionSettings in kio_http.<br><br>--<br> Thiago \
Macieira - thiago (AT) <a href="http://macieira.info">macieira.info</a> - thiago (AT) \
 <a href="http://kde.org">kde.org</a><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;PGP/GPG: 0x6EF45358; \
fingerprint:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;E067 918B B660 DBD1 105C 966C 33F5 F005 6EF4 \
5358<br><br><br></blockquote></div><br>



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