[Libtorrent-devel] Configuring http_proxy, proxy_address, and i2p. Is this possible?

[Josef Drexler]

On Oct 28, 2008, at 6:51 PM, Sam Danielson wrote:
> While trying to setup rtorrent to use i2p I encountered http_proxy
> and proxy_address in the config options. What is the difference  
> between
> these options and when is each proxy used? http_proxy is covered in  
> the
> man page and I assume it's for tracker communication. proxy_address is
> not listed. What kind of proxy should be the target of proxy_address?

The http_proxy is used for tracker announces (except UDP trackers)  
and URL downloading of .torrent files. The proxy_address is also an  
HTTP proxy and used for tunneling outgoing peer connections using the  
CONNECT method.

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