On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Mike Mestnik wrote: > Members of the task force should be considerate of all different types of > proxies. http(caching and non-caching); http-connect(both port filtered and > not port filtered); socks(in all it's glorious iterations); plus anything > else that falls even remotely into this category. However it's only natural > that the group would consist of experts in particular areas.
I would put tor remotely into that category. As an example of a bug I've seen recently; `torify liferea` does not seem to work as I would expect. > Even though the advent of IPv6 diminishes the need or deployment of proxies > and that they may decrease and even disappear in the not so distant future. I would not necessarily agree there, restrictive firewalls are going to be around even in IPv6. > I see proxy support instead as a worth while goal I would agree, though I have little use for it. I'm unlikely to work on this goal though. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6EGfEa4ga7tmm0txgvg9qy_9o-gog2exu5yyzhs...@mail.gmail.com
