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System network settings  The Chromium network stack uses the
system network settings so that users and administrators can
control the network settings of all applications easily. The
network settings include:   • proxy settings   • SSL/TLS
settings   • certificate revocation check settings   •
certificate and private key stores So far this design decision
has worked well. The only network settings that some users ask
for an alternative to system settings are proxy settings. For
this we recently added some command-line options that allow you
to run Chromium with custom proxy settings.  Preference service
for network settings  Although the system network settings have
been sufficient for our network stack, eventually there will be
some configuration settings specific to our network stack, so we
need to have our own preference service for those settings.  See
also issue 266, in which some Firefox users demand that we not
use the WinInet proxy settings (