And the server/content provider folk as well-- both client and site participate in policy setting (and for good reasons on both sides). -=R On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:10 PM, J Ross Nicoll <jrn@jrn.me.uk> wrote: > On 02/04/2012 22:59, Roberto Peon wrote: > > > >> >> These are people who can hardly use a mouse you're trying to get them to >> set up proxy config in their browser? >> >> > > I'm familiar with these kinds of people and working with them. I'd > imagine that the ISP would give them an installer which would find and set > config for these programs without the user having to do it themselves or > something similarly easy. > > > Probably, but if proxy information could be added into DHCP, DNS or > similar, isn't that going to be a lot more straight-forward than everyone > having to provide their own installers through a separate distribution > channel? > > If a proxy can intercept secure traffic, that needs to be made really > clear to the user (especially in cases such as those "FREE INTERNET!!!" > ad-hoc networks that turn up in airports and similar), but that's > presumably something for the browser peeps to figure out. > >
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