Re: Socket-Option in POSIX-sockets, to allow traffic via proxy

From	Phil Turmel <philip@turmel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: Socket-Option in POSIX-sockets, to allow traffic via proxy
Date	2016-03-30 17:00 +0200
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On 03/29/2016 03:27 AM, Ajay Garg wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> Surprisingly, I could not find this on google :-\
> 
> We are trying to use vanilla POSIX-socket-APIs, but we are unable to
> connect if the URL is on the other side of the proxy.
> Is there a socket-option wherein this would be allowed?
> 
> I will be grateful for any pointers.

This isn't a socket level operation, except to connect to the proxy.
Google suggests using libproxy and/or libcurl.

HTH,

Phil

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Socket-Option in POSIX-sockets, to allow traffic via proxy Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit@gmail.com> - 2016-03-29 09:30 +0200
  Re: Socket-Option in POSIX-sockets, to allow traffic via proxy Phil Turmel <philip@turmel.org> - 2016-03-30 17:00 +0200

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