Bug 306443 - changing proxy settings has system wide effect
Summary: changing proxy settings has system wide effect
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: konqueror
Classification: Applications
Component: htmlsettingsplugin (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Konqueror Developers
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Keywords: triaged
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Reported: 2012-09-08 10:37 UTC by ohad cohen
Modified: 2018-10-27 04:05 UTC (History)
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Description ohad cohen 2012-09-08 10:37:56 UTC
changing konqueror proxy setting changes the system proxy setting.insteed of just rekonq settings
sometimes i use proxy for local network,and i can't find out how to use the proxy in konqueror while other program (e3specially those who can't be manually configured) has access to the internet
Comment 1 Dawit Alemayehu 2012-09-08 16:22:36 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> changing konqueror proxy setting changes the system proxy setting.insteed of
> just rekonq settings
> sometimes i use proxy for local network,and i can't find out how to use the
> proxy in konqueror while other program (e3specially those who can't be
> manually configured) has access to the internet

The proxy configuration dialog is not specific to any one application. It is a system wide proxy configuration dialog that sets proxy configuration for every application that uses the KIO subsystem. Applications can override the system wide settings by providing their own dialog box and use the KIO meta-data system to override the system wide proxy configuration, but almost none of them do so because it makes little sense. Why would you want to use proxy in one application, but not another ? Especially since those applications will never even know that there is a proxy setup ?
Comment 2 ohad cohen 2012-09-08 16:42:11 UTC
i sometimes need proxy for connecting to a specific network, but that proxy is slower than connecting directly to the internet and uses protocol whitelisting.
what is the difference between "use system proxy configuration" and "use manually specified proxy configurations" options?
Comment 3 Dawit Alemayehu 2012-09-08 17:20:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> i sometimes need proxy for connecting to a specific network, but that proxy
> is slower than connecting directly to the internet and uses protocol
> whitelisting.
> what is the difference between "use system proxy configuration" and "use
> manually specified proxy configurations" options?

The system proxy configuration is what is setup by the OS or the environment itself. On Unix based or Linux systems that would mean shell environment variables such as HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY. On Windows it is the system wide proxy settings provided through Qt's networking classes. Manual configuration on the other hand is you (the user) manually entering the proxy address into the configuration dialog. 

If you only need proxy for connecting to certain networks then I suggest, you can do one of two things:

1. Create a proxy autoconfguration file (PAC files) to set up you proxy configuration and set that file under "Use proxy auto configuration URL" in the proxy dialog. You can check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config to see how to create a PAC file. It is really simple.

2. Manually set the proxy information under "Use manually specified proxy configuration", add the address (a comma-separated list if more than one) of the network you want to use proxy for in the "Exceptions" box, and then check the "Use proxy settings only for addresses in the Exceptions list".
Comment 4 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-09-10 01:35:23 UTC
Could you please set the version field? Else the bug report is incomplete
Comment 5 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-09-23 02:41:34 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information as soon as possible and set the bug status as REPORTED. Due to regular bug tracker maintenance, if the bug is still in NEEDSINFO status with no change in 30 days, the bug will be closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

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Comment 6 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-10-27 04:05:42 UTC
Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. The bug is now closed as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME due to lack of needed information.

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