Another similar catch with "transparent" proxies is that they can end up being half-dual-stacked, with unfortunate consequences. Scenario: client side of the proxy is dual-stacked and the proxy code is IPv4-only. Client tries to reach ipv6.google.com, which is of course v6-only. IPv4 side of proxy barfs. Regards Brian Carpenter On 2011-10-08 13:00, Steve Holdoway wrote:
Sorry if this is OT but my thinking is that if you don't know, then it's going to be a hard job finding one that does.
For my broadband I have a boring old iHug - now Voda - ADSL connection. A lot of my work involves monitoring and managing remote websites. (Probably) since the new government legislation came into effect, my guess is that I am now behind a transparent proxy for web traffic.
Now, I'm not *too* bothered by that ( well, except when it falls to pieces like one evening last week! ), but in final testing I often override DNS with a local host entry. This no longer works, and my SP sends me to the production one every time. This is a major problem.
Does anyone know...
a) whether this can be disabled? b) whether there is another provider out there who doesn't do this?
I've got plenty of servers worldwide that I can route all my traffic through in an encrypted manner which would almost certainly circumvent this, but I shudder to think what can of worms that would open!
Any suggestions??
Cheers,
Steve
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