[Adium-devl] Global proxy settings?

[Chris Forsythe]

Wouldn't this be something solved with a single stunnel that gets  
around all this bs that runs over whatever port you specify?

Chris

On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:38 PM, Viksit Gaur wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Thanks for the prompt responses.
>
> @Evan - Right, I know that Mac OS X has a number of network  
> "Locations" which can be changed at will, and can have proxy  
> settings associated with it. But, consider a scenario where you've  
> connected to a VPN. Now, I go to locations -> My VPN Location, and  
> can select a system wide proxy, perhaps an HTTP at port 80. But,  
> this proxy might be unfriendly to IM connections, this being of  
> course, dependent on the whims and fancies of people who run this  
> particular proxy - perhaps even blocking connections to known IM  
> servers.
>
> Another issue is of using different proxies for different  
> resources. I'm not too familiar with the internals of advanced  
> proxies in use today, but I've come across a couple of cases where  
> I need one proxy for a web browser to access public web resources/ 
> Library access, and another for IM/IRC, for reasons I'm not really  
> aware of. Also, some places provide auto configuration files which  
> can differ across networks/resources. This makes using a global  
> proxy (systemwide) cumbersome, because of the need to manually keep  
> editing stuff. Oh, and what if you're on a network where you don't  
> need a proxy for IM, but do for other stuff? (A hypothetical  
> situation)
>
> With the solution I'm proposing, you can have separate profiles for  
> Adium, that may or may not utilize the system wide settings - the  
> choice is up to the user, of course.
>
> Another important factor is that there is no interface to set a  
> common proxy for ALL accounts  on an Adium instance. So, if you've  
> got 6 accounts, and you want to flip back and forth between "System  
> wide proxy settings" and "No Proxy", you need to either manually go  
> and flip the check box on each account, or disable proxies from the  
> System wide network settings. IMHO, it would be a more elegant  
> solution to have some flexibility for this on the Adium level.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Cheers,
> Viksit
>
> On 2/28/07, Evan Schoenberg < evan at adiumx.com> wrote:
> Viksit,
>
> I'd like a bit more information on why the systemwide network  
> preference is insufficient for what you (and others in a similar  
> situation) want to do.  There's a fairly robust network Locations  
> ability in OS X, which carries proxy information with each  
> location... why does this need to be implemented at the Adium level?
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
> On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:26 PM, disposable at infinitenexus.com wrote:
>
>> This sounds reasonable to me.
>>
>> Your best bet would be to take the source (1.0.x or trunk if  
>> daring), hack away at adding it (feel free to ping this list for  
>> any help you need along the way), and when finished ask for a  
>> review of the work for inclusion as a submitted patch.
>>
>> - brian 'bgannin' ganninger
>>
>> On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:45 PM, Viksit Gaur wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Using Adium, I realized that there doesn't seem to be a place to  
>>> set up a global proxy which would be used by all accounts.  
>>> Instead, each account when edited has the option of having a  
>>> proxy set.
>>> IMHO, this is a very tiring task if you're the kind of person who  
>>> switches between networks and VPNs with different proxy servers.  
>>> This is highlighted even further when you have 6 different  
>>> accounts like I do. I haven't even tried to set these proxy  
>>> settings manually, but I would appreciate input from the list  
>>> whether this assumption is correct.
>>>
>>> There does seem to be an option for "Systemwide settings" - I'm  
>>> not quite sure how you set that, but my guess is through the  
>>> Systems Prefs -> Networking menu. This is however impractical in  
>>> certain cases, since there might be 2 proxies available - one for  
>>> a VPN based connection, the other somewhere else.
>>>
>>> If yes, I'd like to propose a feature request:
>>> - A global proxy settings dialog box in the main Adium  
>>> Preferences (perhaps, in the Advanced tab)
>>> - Automatic fill of each account proxy from this "Global Proxy"  
>>> setting
>>> - A list of "Saved Proxies" which could be selected using a  
>>> minimal number of clicks once input
>>>
>>> Of course, needless to say, I would be interested in contributing  
>>> this to Adium :)
>>>
>>> RFC.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cheers,
>>> vIkSiT
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