Re: Squid, Proxy.pac, and Mobile Computers.

"James A. Mutter" wrote:
>
> A few days ago I asked a question regarding a proxy auto-config file,
> netscape, and squid. I'm not sure that I was entirely clear in the
> way the question was phrased, so I'm going to ask again.
>
> Situation A:
> User owns a laptop and uses http://blah.foo.org/proxy.pac to
> autoconfig Netscape to use Squid. No problems, everything works as
> expected.
>
> Situation B:
> Same user takes his laptop home, to a foreign office, any place to
> where he cannot access the proxy server or it is inconvenient to
> access the proxy server. I don't want the user mucking around in the
> Netscape preferences changing his settings from "Connect using proxy"
> to "Direct connection". Will Netscape complain when it can't find the
> auto-config stored at "http://blah.foo.org/proxy.pac", or can it
> somehow be configured to ignore the proxy settings when it can't find
> the .pac?

It'll complain and ask the user if you want it to use the previously
loaded config.

I would put the autoproxy config file on a separate server, accessible
from either location. It's so much easier.

> Additionally, I'm looking for info on how to write autoconfig files.
> Any pointers?

Canonical resource:
http://www.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html

> This may seem a bit off topic for this list, however I can't justify
> using Squid, or any other proxy for that matter, if I can't make it
> play nice with laptop computers.
>
> Thank again for the help,
>
> Jim
Received on Mon Aug 30 1999 - 17:10:22 MDT