On Tue, 7 May 2024, Patrick Monnerat wrote:
I always just run 'ssh -D' to create a SOCKS proxy that curl can use...
I was rather thinking of something like 'ssh -L' provides, but without using
intermediate local sockets.
Okay, I understand. It is indeed a fair idea, but asking users in the survey
about if they want this supported seems like asking a lot since you are
basically inventing an entirely new proxy style here and we would need a
couple of paragraphs to explain it.
Is this not what --preproxy already allows at least with an additional
proxy?
This would be a generalization of this case, allowing multilevel nested
"tunnelling" with any supporting protocol in any order, each level adding a
layer.
For most proxies you connect to, that proxy takes the next connect step that
is inaccessible for the client - usually the proxy also resolves the host
name. Multilevel proxies are unusual because they can only work for a certain
set of proxies and in specific conditions.
I don't think average users understand how this works, and since even I need
to ask about the feature, I don't see how we can ask for feedback on this in
the survey.
I think we need to ask simpler questions.
In short, the idea is to bring much of cfilters under user control !
I think you need to present actual use cases first. Show what you want to do
and who what you're proposing helps solve those use cases.
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