This package contains the JAP client which acts as a local proxy between your browser and the insecure Internet. All requests for web pages are handled by JAP and are encrypted several times. The encrypted messages are sent through a chain of intermediate servers (named Mixes) to the final destination on the Internet.
For command line clients such as lynx, links, wget, etc sets the environment variables HTTP_PROXY=4001 and http_proxy=4001 via /etc/environment.
After purging anon-proxy, unset the variables
HTTP_PROXY and http_proxy
export HTTP_PROXY=
export http_proxy=
Otherwise you get errors like this:
Error parsing proxy URL http://localhost:4001 : Bad port number
Instead of purging anon-proxy, you could try just running:
dpkg-reconfigure anon-proxy
and select no to the prompt regarding the entries in /etc/environment but you
still must unset the variables as shown above.
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| First created Apr 22, 2008 ~ Last revised January 13, 2010 |
