Add the ability to deploy to networks behind a Corporate HttpProxy

[furkilic]

SUMMARY

Hi everyone

Being behind a Corporate HttpProxy, I'd like to add the feature to deploy/interact with networks by using standard environment variables : HTTPS_PROXY or HTTP_PROXY .

This feature is really similar to #1291.

How to reproduce

# be behind a httpproxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.com
npx hardhat run --network external-network scripts/deploy.js
# Fail as not reachable

Expected Result

# be behind a httpproxy
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.com
npx hardhat run --network external-network scripts/deploy.js
# Deploy Great Success !!!!

[mhorsley30896]

Will this fix enable mainnet forking behind proxy?

[star001007]

+1

[AndreTsao]

+1

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