Re: HTTPS Proxy Support

Rodrigo Arias <rodarima-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w-XMD5yJDbdMReXY1tMh2IBg@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>Also I don't think that 'https_endpoint' actually needs to be set
>>from an environment variable, just a dillorc setting would do.
> 
> I also think is good if it is only a dillorc option. I'm not sure if I 
> like more something like:
> 
>   https_proxy=http://localhost:1234

Ahh, that's what I was doing wrong with Lynx! I didn't include the
"http://" part (which Wget doesn't require, though I see now that
the Wget manual does say it should be set to a URL, not a
hostname). I really do make a meal of this proxy stuff.

>   # Setting this to TRUE sends HTTPS traffic unencrypted to the proxy. 
>   # Don't change unless you know what you are doing.
>   #https_proxy_use_http=FALSE (default)
>   https_proxy_use_http=TRUE
> 
> For normal uses, setting the https proxy with https_proxy would make 
> more sense than using http_proxy for HTTPS traffic anyway.

If the 'http_proxy' behaviour changes to only apply to HTTP like
in other software, everyone using the 'http_proxy' setting will
have to change their configuration to set 'https_proxy' as well.
That'd be an annoying behaviour change.

But otherwise using the setting name 'https_proxy' makes it unclear
how that relates to the 'http_proxy' setting that applies to both
HTTP and HTTPS.

If I set:

http_proxy=http://localhost:1234
https_proxy=http://localhost:5678

It at least needs a comment explaining the difference between the
settings, if indeed you intend there to be one and the second
setting doesn't override the first entirely.

Since the 'http_proxy' environment variable overrides the dillorc
'http_proxy' setting, 'https_proxy' implies that the same will
apply to that, and it's anyone's guess which will apply if both
are set since other software (Wget, Lynx) doesn't apply the
'http_proxy' environment variable to https.

This is why I now think it best to avoid the 'https_proxy' name,
because the behaviour with it will never be consistent with other
software without changing how Dillo already handles the
'http_proxy' variable/setting.
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