proxy

1. windows wininet proxy

• configured in 'LAN settings' (in below order of precedence)
• 'automatically detect settings'
• 'use automatic configuration script'
• 'proxy server'
• unset $http_proxy                              //unset proxy

2. 'automatically detect settings'

• If the client is able to automatically detect a proxy script's URL, it will then attempt to download and use that proxy configuration script

3. 'use automatic configuration script'

• example: http://proxy.contoso.com/proxy.pac

4. 'proxy server'

5. mac system proxy

6. fiddler

• it use wininet proxy
• it changes wininet proxy on fiddler start, and restores it on fiddler exit

7. reverse proxy server

8. mock server

• hoverfly

reference
1. understanding web proxy configuration
2. fiddler in action
3. reverse proxy server
4. how to configure proxy server on mac