Tag Archives: proxy

How to get around a proxy system

By MattK | Published: November 25, 2008
This sounds complicated but it is really simple.  That it is so simple is why the internet is amazing and awesome. Proxies are used by people in positions of authority who want to control what you view on the internet.  Such groups include the governments of Turkey and China.  Also, the internet security team of most [...]
Posted in Dev, Hacks, Pals, Politics, morelight | Also tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

How to get Ruby Gems to work behind the corporate firewall

By MattK | Published: October 14, 2008
This is just a note to remind me.  Ruby and ruby gems don’t automatically pick up on your proxy information in IE.  Instead, find out the proxy and set the following environment variables. in windows:  set http_proxy=http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com in cygwin/unix: export http_proxy http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com
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