Configuring Firefox for Proxomitron

[JeffB]

Hello.

Sorry if I'm asking something overly basic, but I've looxed in the Proxomitron's help files and on a couple of web pages and can't seem to find how to configure Firefox to use the Proxomitron. I've used it off & on for years on multiple computers so I imagine the instructions must be in there somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

I had a trojan/virus issue and a technician changed the settings because it apparently interfered with him putting in some security code on something he was working on. He didn't put it back when he was done, however.

Anyway, if anyone could post a link to a page showing how to configure Firefox (&/or the latest versions of IE & Chrome for that matter), I'd be most appreciative. Or a quick set of instructions, of course.

Thank you.

P.S. My Proxomitron version is Naoko 4.5 (2003-6-1)

[JeffB]

Nevermind, I figured out what I was doing wrong... using " " marks around localhost . The helpfile had a section for other browsers & I must have used that when configuring it in the past. I copied and pasted "localhost" not realizing I should have left out the " " .

Anyway, here's how I did it for Firefox 12.0

Tools > Options > Advanced (tab) > Settings (button) (in the Connection section... Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet)

I then selected the radio button for "Manual proxy configuration" and then in the box after " Http proxy: localhost

and port: 8080

I'm going to try to put the same two entries in the boxes following the SSL Proxy

I've typically had to disable the proxomitron &/or use Internet Explorer for secure pages in the past. Maybe this will let me continue using Firefox in some or all of those situations. I certainly hope so.