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I use different proxies for different purposes.




  • I use shadowsocks proxy for my general purpose web surfing.

  • For going to bank websites, I disable proxy.

  • For accessing some websites related to my work, I should use an ssh
    tunnel proxy.


So I have a Network Proxy settings GUI opened always and constantly changing between different socks ports when I want to use different websites.



Now I want to define some rules to make proxy switching seamless.
Is there any straightforward way to do it?










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  • Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

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I use different proxies for different purposes.




  • I use shadowsocks proxy for my general purpose web surfing.

  • For going to bank websites, I disable proxy.

  • For accessing some websites related to my work, I should use an ssh
    tunnel proxy.


So I have a Network Proxy settings GUI opened always and constantly changing between different socks ports when I want to use different websites.



Now I want to define some rules to make proxy switching seamless.
Is there any straightforward way to do it?










share|improve this question























  • Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

    – Jaleks
    Feb 14 at 12:47














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I use different proxies for different purposes.




  • I use shadowsocks proxy for my general purpose web surfing.

  • For going to bank websites, I disable proxy.

  • For accessing some websites related to my work, I should use an ssh
    tunnel proxy.


So I have a Network Proxy settings GUI opened always and constantly changing between different socks ports when I want to use different websites.



Now I want to define some rules to make proxy switching seamless.
Is there any straightforward way to do it?










share|improve this question














I use different proxies for different purposes.




  • I use shadowsocks proxy for my general purpose web surfing.

  • For going to bank websites, I disable proxy.

  • For accessing some websites related to my work, I should use an ssh
    tunnel proxy.


So I have a Network Proxy settings GUI opened always and constantly changing between different socks ports when I want to use different websites.



Now I want to define some rules to make proxy switching seamless.
Is there any straightforward way to do it?







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  • Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

    – Jaleks
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  • Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

    – Jaleks
    Feb 14 at 12:47

















Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

– Jaleks
Feb 14 at 12:47





Which GUI do you use? Should the rules be based on target host names?

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You can write a proxy.pac (Proxy Auto Configure) file/script and configure that in your browser to direct what proxy (if any) to use when. It would look something like:



function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
var socksProxy = "SOCKS ip.of.sock.proxy:port";
var workProxy = "PROXY ip.of.work.proxy:port";
var noProxy = "DIRECT";

if (shExpMatch(host, "*.mybank.example.com")) return noProxy;
if (shExpMatch(host, "*.work.example.net")) return workProxy;
if (host == "other.work.example.net"") return workProxy;
return socksProxy;
}


Of course enter the real IPs and ports of the proxies, and use the correct hostnames.



You can specify the path the this file by starting e.g. Google Chrome with --proxy-pac-url=file:///path/to/proxy.pac; Chrome on Linux doesn't allow you to directly enter this in the configuration.






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    You can write a proxy.pac (Proxy Auto Configure) file/script and configure that in your browser to direct what proxy (if any) to use when. It would look something like:



    function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
    var socksProxy = "SOCKS ip.of.sock.proxy:port";
    var workProxy = "PROXY ip.of.work.proxy:port";
    var noProxy = "DIRECT";

    if (shExpMatch(host, "*.mybank.example.com")) return noProxy;
    if (shExpMatch(host, "*.work.example.net")) return workProxy;
    if (host == "other.work.example.net"") return workProxy;
    return socksProxy;
    }


    Of course enter the real IPs and ports of the proxies, and use the correct hostnames.



    You can specify the path the this file by starting e.g. Google Chrome with --proxy-pac-url=file:///path/to/proxy.pac; Chrome on Linux doesn't allow you to directly enter this in the configuration.






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      You can write a proxy.pac (Proxy Auto Configure) file/script and configure that in your browser to direct what proxy (if any) to use when. It would look something like:



      function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
      var socksProxy = "SOCKS ip.of.sock.proxy:port";
      var workProxy = "PROXY ip.of.work.proxy:port";
      var noProxy = "DIRECT";

      if (shExpMatch(host, "*.mybank.example.com")) return noProxy;
      if (shExpMatch(host, "*.work.example.net")) return workProxy;
      if (host == "other.work.example.net"") return workProxy;
      return socksProxy;
      }


      Of course enter the real IPs and ports of the proxies, and use the correct hostnames.



      You can specify the path the this file by starting e.g. Google Chrome with --proxy-pac-url=file:///path/to/proxy.pac; Chrome on Linux doesn't allow you to directly enter this in the configuration.






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        You can write a proxy.pac (Proxy Auto Configure) file/script and configure that in your browser to direct what proxy (if any) to use when. It would look something like:



        function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
        var socksProxy = "SOCKS ip.of.sock.proxy:port";
        var workProxy = "PROXY ip.of.work.proxy:port";
        var noProxy = "DIRECT";

        if (shExpMatch(host, "*.mybank.example.com")) return noProxy;
        if (shExpMatch(host, "*.work.example.net")) return workProxy;
        if (host == "other.work.example.net"") return workProxy;
        return socksProxy;
        }


        Of course enter the real IPs and ports of the proxies, and use the correct hostnames.



        You can specify the path the this file by starting e.g. Google Chrome with --proxy-pac-url=file:///path/to/proxy.pac; Chrome on Linux doesn't allow you to directly enter this in the configuration.






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        You can write a proxy.pac (Proxy Auto Configure) file/script and configure that in your browser to direct what proxy (if any) to use when. It would look something like:



        function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
        var socksProxy = "SOCKS ip.of.sock.proxy:port";
        var workProxy = "PROXY ip.of.work.proxy:port";
        var noProxy = "DIRECT";

        if (shExpMatch(host, "*.mybank.example.com")) return noProxy;
        if (shExpMatch(host, "*.work.example.net")) return workProxy;
        if (host == "other.work.example.net"") return workProxy;
        return socksProxy;
        }


        Of course enter the real IPs and ports of the proxies, and use the correct hostnames.



        You can specify the path the this file by starting e.g. Google Chrome with --proxy-pac-url=file:///path/to/proxy.pac; Chrome on Linux doesn't allow you to directly enter this in the configuration.







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