System wide proxy settings?

seanr7 · 2015-08-04 14:36:30

Is there a way to put all traffic over an interface through a SOCKS proxy in a way that isn't desktop environment dependent or application specific?

My company just set it up so we need to use a SOCKS proxy for everything and I can get it working system-wide on my Windows install, but not on Linux. I see that systemd-socket-proxyd exists, but given that I have very limited knowledge of proxies in general and the wiki page on proxies doesn't mention systemd at all. Is this at all possible or am I misunderstanding the use cases for systemd-socket-proxyd?

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by seanr7 (2015-08-04 14:36:54)

ewaller · 2015-08-04 14:46:31

I do not know the answer to your question -- sorry. As a moderator, I am compelled to ask as to whether this is permitted (or prohibited) by your company's computer use policy? What did your IT department have to say about this?

seanr7 · 2015-08-04 16:14:55

Official policy is that I'm supposed to use the Windows machine that they provide me. However, my company is pretty lenient on that rule and IT does know that I run Arch most of the time. We're a very small software development company and I feel much more comfortable developing on Linux than I do on Windows and our product is cross-platform for Windows and Linux anyway. So I was told that this is alright as long as I support it myself rather than expecting the IT dept to solve problems for me, which is why I've been using Windows since the change; the IT department will support me on Windows and I can continue working while I solve the issue to get me back onto the OS I'd like to use.

ewaller · 2015-08-04 16:24:38

Fair enough. Thanks.

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System wide proxy settings?

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