[olug] Proxy & Linux

[Rob Townley]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
> You should double check people have not manually entered an HTTP proxy
> into their web browser configuration.
>
> Craig Wolf wrote:
>> I have a location that goes through another location (ISP) that does
>> content filtering.  The ISP states that the original person at the
>> location is using proxy servers to get around the filter.  Problem
>> is, it is not just this person haing problems with HTTPS sites, it is
>> multiple people at the location.  I am trying to eliminate the server
>> as the proxy.
>>
>> Is that making sense??
>
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> Phil Brutsche
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If you are rooted, there is no way to tell from within the machine.  A
hub or two (if you want to do both sides) and running ethereal on
another machine is what you need.  i have two hubs in the trunk of my
car for just this purpose.