Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756103AbcC2H1X (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:27:23 -0400 Received: from mail-lb0-f179.google.com ([209.85.217.179]:35912 "EHLO mail-lb0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753038AbcC2H1I (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Mar 2016 03:27:08 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 12:57:06 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Socket-Option in POSIX-sockets, to allow traffic via proxy From: Ajay Garg To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 305 Lines: 14 Hi All. Surprisingly, I could not find this on google :-\ We are trying to use vanilla POSIX-socket-APIs, but we are unable to connect if the URL is on the other side of the proxy. Is there a socket-option wherein this would be allowed? I will be grateful for any pointers. Thanks and Regards, Ajay