It would appear that under OS X it's an "all or nothing" proposition
with regard to proxies.  For Web browsing, I might need to work through a
proxy, but I wouldn't necessarily want that for Software Update.  Is there
anything that can be run under OS X that gives proxy control back to the
applications?

Thanks,
Mike
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Michael T. Davis <DAVISM@er6.eng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

> 	It would appear that under OS X it's an "all or nothing" proposition
> with regard to proxies.  For Web browsing, I might need to work through a
> proxy, but I wouldn't necessarily want that for Software Update.  Is there
> anything that can be run under OS X that gives proxy control back to the
> applications?

Wouldn't such a feature have to be implemented in each application? For example,
something similar is possible in browsers like Netscape and IE, which have application
proxy settings. How else could anything determine which application was accessing the
'net? You can always set up different Locations and switch between them when using
different applications. Or, if you could determine which proxy you want to use based just
on the request URL, then write a PAC script and use Authoxy.

Heath

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In article <br3flf$mdf$1@seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>, Heath Raftery
<hraftery@myrealbox.com> writes:

>Michael T. Davis <DAVISM@er6.eng.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
>
>> 	It would appear that under OS X it's an "all or nothing" proposition
>> with regard to proxies.  For Web browsing, I might need to work through a
>> proxy, but I wouldn't necessarily want that for Software Update.  Is there
>> anything that can be run under OS X that gives proxy control back to the
>> applications?
>
>Wouldn't such a feature have to be implemented in each application? For
> example,
>something similar is possible in browsers like Netscape and IE, which have
> application
>proxy settings. How else could anything determine which application was
> accessing the
>'net? You can always set up different Locations and switch between them when
> using
>different applications. Or, if you could determine which proxy you want to
> use based just
>on the request URL, then write a PAC script and use Authoxy.

	I'm using IE.  If I enable a normal proxy in System Preferences'
Network pane, I can't disable it within IE.  Similarly, if the system-level
proxy is disabled, IE can't enable one.  In the past (e.g. "traditional"
Mac OS, Windows 9x or better, etc.) each browser application provided for
its own proxy settings.  In general, I consider this a granularity problem.
A system-level setting change should not be necessary to affect how I want
a particular browser to access the 'net.

>
>Heath
>
>--
>*--------------------------------------------------------*
>| ^Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool^ |
>|    Heath Raftery, HRSoftWorks          _\|/_           |
>*______________________________________m_('.')_m_________*

Regards,
Mike
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             Michael T. Davis              |    Systems Specialist: ChE,MSE
  E-mail: davism@er6.eng.ohio-state.edu    | Departmental Networking/Computing
           -or- DAVISM+@osu.edu            |     The Ohio State University
http://www.er6.eng.ohio-state.edu/~davism/ |     197 Watts, (614) 292-6928