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Questions tagged [autoproxy]

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Getting Steam.exe to run through a http proxy

I'm sitting behind an http proxy which Steam refuses to go through. Trying Proxifier to fix the solution rendered an error about having to use an https proxy, though research shows that it shouldn't need one. Is it possible to make a target…
Kryptonite
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Downloading Proxy Script

When navigating to some sites in my internal network I noticed that Chrome flashes the message below. I believe this is related to WPAD. How can I view the actual proxy script that is downloaded? I don't see it in the network tab in the chrome…
Nunery
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How to enable a proxy in Firefox only for some URLs and not for every page I visit?

I'm using latest version of firefox (38.0.5 currently) and I need to use proxy configurations only for some URLs and not for every page. After searching, I found an Addon for Firefox named AutoProxy but after I installed I can not use its…
Mojtaba Rezaeian
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How can I use autoproxy configuration in VLC media player?

The VLC media player supports streaming from the internet. However, I'm behind the corporate proxy, and I have an autoproxy configuration. I don't know the actual proxy I should be using because it changes. How can I tell VLC media player to…
Nathan Fellman
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using ssh proxy command based on the current network

I want to have access to my home machine from my laptop from either home or the office. At the office, I have to use a gateway. For this, I added a proxycommand entry in my .ssh/config which work fine from the office. However, if I want to use this…
Yotam
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Setup auto configuration to more intelligently resolve proxy on Mac

At work we're sitting behind a proxy which often causes a hindrance especially with command line tools etc. I'm rapidly losing track on HTTP_PROXY configuration entries in my localhost, as well as VMWare Ubuntu instances. There's settings for…
josef.van.niekerk
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Automatically navigate through Internet using a VPN or not depending upon if the URL is in a black list or not

I'm using the Firefox extension autoproxy. When we introduce an url, it checks if it is in a black list. If it is in the list, it uses the proxy. If not, it navigates without any proxy. I made my home computer a proxy server. I reach it through a…
chelder
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Why does windows keep resetting my proxy autoconfig location?

I switch between two networks, each of which requires different autconfig settings. In order to simplify things, I merged their two pac files and pointed the LAN Settings to that file. Now, for some reason, when I connect to one of the networks it…
SaintWacko
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Using a proxy autoconfig script with an application that doesn't support it?

Is there a way to "Wrap" an application in such a way that outgoing HTTP traffic (i.e. web service calls) goes through a proxy that is configured via a PAC script? The application itself has no built-in proxy support, much less PAC, so I'm guessing…
Robert Fraser
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Autoproxy alternative to Google Chrome?

Proxy Switch does not work on my computer, is there any other alternative to AutoProxy in Google Chrome?
Jichao
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Opera "forgets" the proxy definition if the proxy is unreachable

I connect to the the corporate VPN, and inside the corporate network (or VPN) I need to use the corporate proxy server, using an autoproxy configuration. When I disconnect from the VPN Opera detects that the proxy server isn't available, and…
Nathan Fellman
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What do I have to do to be able to use the same .pac file with all browsers on my computer automatically?

According to Wikipedia, In order for all browsers in an organization to be supplied the same proxy policy, without configuring each browser manually, both the below technologies are required: Proxy auto-config (PAC) standard: create and publish…
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Is there a way to save a proxy authentication in my pc?

I'm behind a squid proxy installed on Windows Server 2003, I downloaded a game to play it on my free time at work, but the game requires to update and it can't do it because of the authentication proxy ( I gues it is), there's a way to update the…
user21379
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How to adapt a proxy auto-config file to a specific LAN?

I would like my Mac to use specific proxy auto-config settings when inside the office LAN but not use a proxy when connected to any other network. How can I configure it in such a way? I suspect there should be a way to add a conditional in the pac…
UrEl
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How can I use an automatic proxy configuration in Skype?

I'm unable to connect to Skype when I'm behind a proxy. My organization uses an autoproxy configuration, so I don't know the name and port of my current proxy. How can I force Skype to use my autoproxy configuration? Edit: The first thing I tried…
Nathan Fellman
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