[Privoxy-users] Question Somewhat Related to Privoxy

Ian Silvester iansilvester at fastmail.fm
Wed Aug 10 14:05:47 UTC 2016


Hi Haroon, 

I'd suggest your question is best asked in the Firefox developer forums;
you'll likely get a definitive answer there. 

Cheers, 

Ian


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On Tue, 9 Aug 2016, at 22:15, Haroon wrote:
> Most devices on my network are configured to use Privoxy. On my primary 
> desktop I use a firewall that blocks Firefox from making any requests 
> without using a proxy, I noticed that on some sites the browser will 
> attempt to use the socks proxy when, for whatever reason, it is not able 
> to accomplish what it wants through the http/https proxy. In some cases, 
> like If a special plugin is involved, it will attempt to make a
> connection 
> directly to a specific server rather than through the socks proxy. What I 
> am curious about is the mechanism behind this all (which is related to
> the 
> browser rather than Privoxy, I know). Is it just the default behavior of 
> most browsers to try using the socks proxy when elements of a page are
> not 
> accessible through the http/https proxy?
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