having (minor) prob. with the a.org proxy

[kvasir]

Hello all, posting this because I thought I was being clever, but I'm obviously missing something.

I REALLY like the proxy server @ aoproxy.extropia.co.uk, but I occasionally find an a.org link that goes to the main site. Thinking I was being clever, I resolved the IP address (208.69.36.132), and entered it into the Database->hosts settings in Miami, under the name of amiga.org, thinking this will re-route all the amiga.org links to the proxy. Though now, it results in an apache page of some sort.
I was wondering if a) Am I messing something up, and B) is what I'm attempting even possible? Thanks for any help.

[kvasir]

Ah, ic. OK, I'll try a few other tricks then. I'll bookmark it, and set up an alias in IBrowse. Perhaps tinker with it some more when I get bored. thanks!

Got the idea from a hack that "forces" an .iso image to a u3 thumbdrive via the windows installer. Turns out all you had to do is set up a webserver, rename the .iso to cruzer-autorun.iso, and edit the hosts database to include "127.0.0.1 u3.cruzer.com" or something like that. Was useful getting various OS autoboot CD's on my netbook. (Including AROS, if I ever figure out a way around the AHCI carp)

[kvasir]

Ah, ok. Actually, I signed up for a freedns.org account awhile back when my ISP was having DNS issues. It allows the creation of a custom search screen, some adware site blocking, among other things. (It came reasonably well recommended, as far as privacy concerns go) Only prob. is their custom search setup isn't exactly Ibrowse compatable. I'll try that IP, and failing that, go back to tracking a memory bug in some software I'm writing. (Unfortunately, my wife's computer is busily scanning via AVG, so she's hijacked my netbook until its done... Along with its really nice Ubuntu install and C/C++ IDE.. Time to break out BareEd again...) Thanks for the assist! :-D

[kvasir]

@Karlos
Just went to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/, and it kicked this back:

HTTP_ACCEPT:text/html;level=3, text/html;version=3.0, */*
HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING:gzip, deflate
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE:*
HTTP_HOST:whatsmyuseragent.com
HTTP_REFERER:http://www.google.com/search?q=whats+my+user+agent%3F
HTTP_USER_AGENT:IBrowse/2.4 (AmigaOS 3.9; 68K)

The site works fine when logged in directly, was just trying to re-direct "links" to a.org to the proxy site instead of a.org. :-D