A method of connecting to the internet through an intermediary (a proxy server) which handles connections and redirects them.
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proxy chain application
Please recommend proxy chain application for Ubuntu like proxifier.
Proxifier support proxies in HTTPS and SOCKS. I want an application like proxifier for UBUNTU.
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Can't get online accounts to work from behind proxy
At work I am behind a proxy and I can't access my online accounts. I have setup my proxy globally but still no luck connecting to any accounts.
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Can not access any host from shell while they are accessible from Firefox/Chrome
OS is under a proxy. I use cntlm. Company adds a root certificate to all certificates. I have a problem accessing any host from shell. For example:
svn checkout ...
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squid-deb-proxy failing to cache packages
On an Ubuntu 12.04 server, with squid-deb-proxy installed, client machines on the network will properly contact the server when installing packages, but squid never caches packages.
From ...
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proxychains LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded
Using proxychains to do apt-get update in ubuntu 12.04.2
sudo proxychains apt-get update
gives following error
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libproxychains.so.3' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ...
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How to disable proxy configurations back at home [duplicate]
I recently configured my /etc/apt/apt.conf file in order to be able to update software through the university's proxy...
Acquire::http::proxy "http://username:password@proxya.aub.edu.lb:3128/";
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unable to enter proxy authentication details in synaptic Ubuntu 13.04
Hi I recently installed Ubuntu 13.04, I work behind a proxy and it has all sorts of complications, authentication, special character in the password. So I used to enter the proxy settings in the ...
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git get ubuntu kernel source through http proxy
I try to run below command to get kernel source code in ubuntu 12.04.
git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-precise.git
As my machine is in a private network, I need setup a http proxy ...
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Squid3 and proxy system wide settings
I'm having a problem with system wide configuration, when I apply them I get "proxy server is refusing connection" but when I apply them to firefox it works fine.
Also, how would I allow apt-get, ...
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Valve Steam on Ubuntu 13.04 behind proxy
I am trying to using Valve Steam on Ubuntu but I am behind proxy server. I am not able to use Steam. I tried setting environment variables http_proxy, https_proxy and ftp_proxy. and tried setting ...
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Alternatives for Burp Suite in Linux
As I understand, Burp Suite helps in creating proxy listeners on local address and thus intercept the communication between the browser and the internet. Is there any similar software in ubuntu.
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problem with installing Tor on ubuntu 12.04
I tried to install tor in terminal by:
sudo apt-get install tor
and this is the output:
> Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
tor is ...
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its about update problem with ubuntu 11 10
I'm new in to use Ubuntu,(11 10) and I have some problem when i try to update or install any software(i have realize when i tried to install latex). I have tried to solve this issue by changing to ...
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Setting proxy without password in ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04
When I try to set the proxy using network settings(gnome-control-center network)->Network Proxy-> Then enter the proxy-> Apply system wide.
Then it ask for the password but if ...
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How to set proxy settings in ubuntu software center?
I have been using windows 7 and to update windows i configured netsh winhttp settings by using command: netsh winhttp set proxy 10.0.0.21:3128. That worked for windows update and many other softwares. ...
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caching images with apache reverse proxy
I'm trying to set up an apache2 reverse proxy to cache images. (Apache, not nginx required)
There appear to be headers being cached, but not images,css etc.
My config:
CacheEnable disk /
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Authentication required for every 1 hour for Internet but NO proxy. How do I get out from this problem?
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 and/or above
My system connected to University campus Internet which has no proxy. But needs authentication (username and password) for every 1 hour. If the web-browser is running ...
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“start-tor-browser” only opens a gedit window, not tor
"start-tor-browser" only opens a gedit window, not tor.
I have the most recent version of the Tor Browser Bundle from torproject.org.
(tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-2.3.25-6-dev-en-US.tar.gz )
When I ...
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How to remove “http_proxy” user env setting? [closed]
I have tried searching for it without any luck:
pavel@mintdesktop ~ $ env | grep proxy
http_proxy=http://192.168.2.1:8080
https_proxy=http://192.168.2.1:8080
pavel@mintdesktop ~ $ cat ./.profile | ...
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v12.10 can't apt-get update
I know there are lots of questions posed about this, but after troubleshooting for several hours, I'm not sure what to do anymore...
I first installed Ubuntu 12.10 and had no internet access at all. ...
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'Acquire::http::Proxy: command not found' message at terminal when started
As soon as I start command terminal window, following message appears in the terminal
Acquire::http::Proxy: command not found
Acquire::ftp::Proxy: command not found
Acquire::https::Proxy: command not ...
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How to set double proxy?
My ISP needs proxy to connect to the internet. I set proxy (e.g. 1.1.1.1:8080) in my network setting. Now can I set a second proxy (e.g. 2.2.2.2:8080) for browsing the internet?
I want to browse with ...
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aptitude proxy configuration
I had my machine set up been behind proxy for a while; now I have direct internet access and hence removed the proxy configuration. However, aptitude still tries to connect through the old proxy and I ...
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Where are proxy settings stored in Ubuntu 12.10? [duplicate]
I was searching hard through all the forums, but could not find an answer on my question. I'm writing a desktop application and I want to auto-detect proxy settings on recent Ubuntu. There are many ...
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Proxychains configuration
I have downloaded proxychains and configured it to run with tor. I want a chain of 3 or more proxies. 3 will be enough.
The problem is finding proxies that are up and running i just keep getting ...
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Why does wget fail with “503 Service Unavailable” Error?
I've upgraded from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04. Now for some files wget keeps on failing with a 503 Service Unavailable Error:
$ wget ...
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How can I replicate putty's capabilities in gnome-terminal?
I connect to my workplace via citrix. Now to connect to servers, I currently use putty. This is because in putty, I can use the proxy settings options to add connect via HTTP proxy which is set to ...
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Using an unreliable apt-cacher-ng?
Is it possible to configure apt in such a way that it can handle an apt-cacher-ng instance on another machine that can sometimes be offline? I.e. what I am looking for is that instead of using the ...
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Configuring TinyProxy's 'user nobody' switch
Are the switch pair "user" and "group" REQUIRED to run tinyproxy? They come defaulted to 'nobody', but that seems like it wouldn't work. Being an ABSOLUTE newbie to ubuntu and opensource, I'd really ...
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How to make apt-get work with proxy? [duplicate]
I am using Ubuntu 12.04. When I run the command:
sudo apt-get update
I get the error message as:
403 forbidden access
I have tried the solution I found here in one of the questions, editing ...
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No internet connection behind enterprise proxy
Even though I can install stuff via apt-get install, I can't ping anything outside local network or access any site.
My wired network adapter is connected in Bridge mode and got an ip via dhcp ...
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set up squid proxy server for users in a different country to bypass censorship
I've configured a squid proxy server so that users from another country that censore the Internet access can access to filtered Websites. How my client should set the network settings in order to ...
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Port forward server through VPN connection
We currently use Pidgin to connect to a Sametime server, however for this to work, we must be connected to a VPN (Cisco).
For 99% of us, there isn't an issue with having the Cisco VPN client ...
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iptables doesn't redirect http traffic to my Squid proxy!
I arranged a transparent Squid proxy which listens to port 3128 on localhost, to block some web sites.
I've tested the proxy using Firefox, and it works.
Then I ran this, hoping to redirect all the ...
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Use proxy connection as if it were Direct Connection
I have a proxy internet connection. However some applications I need to run that do not work under proxy, and require direct connection. Is there some way by which my proxy connection behaves as ...
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export http_proxy: where does the proxy setting get stored?
Today by mistake I had entered the following command in terminal with incorrect information
export http_proxy="http://usrname:passwrd@host:port"
and then my internet connection was having trouble.
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SSH via Corkscrew - Where is the config?
I've read this page: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-use-ssh-via-http-proxy-using-corkscrew-in-ubuntu.html
And it tells me to open up the SSH config file, which was in 2008, located in ...
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How to run freegate 7.39 in ubuntu 12.10 by wine 1.4.1
I get used to freegate to bypass internet in windows. I checked some websites as this
to configure it. But when I run it by wine, wine starts and then disappears after some seconds. What's your ...
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Hotspot shield like proxy for Ubuntu
Youtube is blocked in my country and to open it I use hotspot shield on Windows. I have recently however ported to Ubuntu for almost everything, but still need to switch to windows when I have to open ...
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Android proxoid with openvpn?
I'll preface this by apologizing that I really have no idea how proxies work. But would like to learn!
I followed this guide to use an android phone as a proxy server, using proxoid:
...
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Change network proxy priviliges
How can i let users to control system proxy (apply system wide) in ubuntu 12.10?
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Artica squid appliance
I am currently trying to find out different squid appliances in order to install them on my Ubuntu server. These appliances are great since they integrate many functions together into one package and ...
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Conditional Host File
I'm working locally on a project and want to have some requests to a domain resolve to localhost and others just go where they normally would.
I want to essentially do this in my hosts file:
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'apt-get update' fails when using proxy
Using apt-get update I am getting
Err http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main amd64 Packages
404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch
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How to run topcoder arena applet using proxy in Ubuntu 12.10?
I was trying to run topcoder arena applet using proxy. I install latest JDK and iced-tea.
When I try to run using:
javaws ContestAppletProd.jnlp
I'm getting:
File cannot be launched because ...
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Ubuntu Net Install behind a proxy
Is there the possibility to set up a proxy server for the NetInstall setup of Ubuntu?
When I perform the ubuntu setup i see this error, caused by the proxy. But I don't know ho to set it during the ...
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How can I find out the proxy address I am behind?
I am behind a proxy, but I don't know the URL/port. Is there a way to find this out?
Thanks,
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Pre-installed Libreoffice does not uninstall properly [duplicate]
User expertise: next to zero
Problem:
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 (the latest linux-secure-remix as of late march 2013) to my new notebook. It has LibreOffice installed, but there is no LibreOffice ...
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how to use proxy server
i wanna know to to setup proxy server in ubuntu 12.04 only to access Internet . in windows i use freegate to access Internet since all Internet sites are blocked by fortiguard web filtering . is ...
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Apt behind proxy
I've been trying to get a package manager to work behind our company proxy for a whole day now but without any luck. The proxy requires authentication which is my personal email address and password. ...
