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Host-admin not useful with proxies #5

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
If you're using a proxy, changes to the hosts file won't be visible when 
browsing with Firefox, as the proxy can't see the hosts file. It would be nice 
if HostAdmin would offer an option to automatically bypass proxies when it 
detects an entry in the hosts file.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by shai.col...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2012 at 5:11

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
maybe i need more details
what kind of proxy you are using ?
do you mean a proxy changes the way that firefox resolves a domain name ?

Original comment by farmer1...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2012 at 5:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
When you use a web proxy, the web proxy does the DNS resolution.

So usually you'd like to connect through the proxy, but when you use HostAdmin, 
to make it work, you'd need to disable the proxy, otherwise it would have no 
effect on Firefox.

Original comment by shai.col...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2012 at 6:30