Re: Global Proxy Settings

["James M. Cape" <jcape ignore-your tv>]

On Sun, 2001-12-30 at 14:20, Sander Vesik wrote:
> On 29 Dec 2001, James M. Cape wrote:
> 
> > Ok, this layering, is this an adequate map:
> > 
> > [Local] -> [SOCKS] -> [HTTP] -> *Internet*
> > 
> > Could it also be:
> > 
> > [Local] -> [HTTP] -> [SOCKS] -> *Internet*
> > 
> 
> Yes - and no , not on the user side. Only if you are running say a proxy
> server that uses socks to connect to the internetB

So the proxy server handles the [HTTP] -> [SOCKS] case, but the client
must handle the [SOCKS] -> [HTTP] case... Is this correct?

    Jim Cape
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