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How setup IITD Proxy in PC

Set your web browser option 'automatic proxy configuration URL/script' to http://www.cc.iitd.ac.in/cgi-bin/proxy.category where 'category' should be one of the following: btech, diit, dual, faculty, integrated, irdstaff, mba, mdes, msc, msr, mtech, pgdip, phd, retfaculty, staff, visitor (for temporary accounts), student (for visiting students) and guest (for short-term visitors). For example, if your account category is btech, then your proxy configuration URL should be http://www.cc.iitd.ac.in/cgi-bin/proxy.btech.
You can find out your category from your LDAP profile. Note: For Bulk Data Download for Research one can subscribe for Research proxy (They can request from https://ldap1.iitd.ac.in/usermanage/services.php.) . For this the category will be research.If one requires some other port to be opened for data collection then he can request for download server.

1. Mozilla (Linux): Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings -> Automatic proxy configuration URL

2. Mozilla (Windows): Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Network -> Settings -> Automatic proxy configuration URL

3. IE: Tools -> Internet options -> Connections -> LAN settings -> Use automatic configuration script

4. Safari/Mac: System preferences -> Network -> Advanced -> Proxies -> Configure proxies -> Using a PAC file

Download and install the New IITD CA certificate from the CSC website in to your browser. This step is crucial for preventing hackers from obtaining you password. Please see the section on certificates for details. Since login authentication is being done over HTTPS (Secure HTTP) from your machine to the proxy server, and 'Ldap/Kerberos' at the back-end, your credentials will never flow in clear text on the network. In order to prevent hackers from snooping the network (Man-In-The-Middle-Attack), it is essential that you never accept (for the current session and/or on a permanent basis) any certificate presented to you possibly by a fake proxy server (Man-In-The-Middle-Attack). Beware that Man-In-The-Middle attacks are fairly common in IITD. If you have installed our New IITD CA certificate, this offer will never be presented to you during login authentication, and your web browser will be able to verify the authenticity of the proxy server. Intranet web browsing is free, and is not accounted for.
You will be asked for your credentials the first time you open any internet website. Please authenticate yourself with your 'Ldap/Kerberos' username and password.

Steps to share a folder on other devices (Mobile,Tab, PC) using Python HTTP server

1.Go to the folder you want to share, click in the address bar, and type cmd to open Command Prompt in that folder.

2.Find your IPv4 address from Wi-Fi settings or by running ipconfig in CMD. For example, 192.168.0.185.

3.In the CMD window, type: python -m http.server 8000 --bind 0.0.0.0

4.Make sure Python is installed on your PC before running the command

5.On another device connected to the same Wi-Fi, open a browser and type: http://192.168.0.185:8000