Great suggestion! Yeah, actually for some reason that slipped my mind ... if it's just a local system you're concerned with, iptables can easily redirect your web traffic to the local running proxy (whatever it is).
Tim Kelley On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Matthias Bodenbinder < matth...@bodenbinder.de> wrote: > Am 01.05.2015 um 08:49 schrieb Avinash Sonawane: > >> Which is the standard/recommended way to set system wide proxy in >> Debian instead of editing utility specific rc files (wgetrc, apt.conf >> etc)? >> >> I am aware of /etc/environment, setting http_proxy environ variable >> and then export it, editing bashrc. >> >> > What you need is a "transparent proxy". This is setup in the background > with iptables and squid. It will ensure that all IP traffic is routed > through the proxy. Regardless of invidual app settings or environment > variables. > > I had this running a few years ago and it worked perfectly. But I can not > recall the detailed setup anymore. Just google "transparent proxy" and you > will find your way. > > e.g. > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-5.html > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-6.html > > Matthias > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/mhvted$i3h$1...@ger.gmane.org > >
