Re: [squid-users] Problem with using wpad for autoconfiguration.

Well, if you think about it, it really isn't a bug. Basically the way the
autoconfigure works is it (IE) looks for the wpad server, pulls down the
config file and parses it. How would java know how to parse the file unless
it was programemd in?

Whereas if you type in the actual proxy information, that is set for the OS
and applications can use it appropriately (it is probably transparent
through the window sockets or something... the OS probably habndles the
proxy routing).

wpad is only good for IE or programs that know to look for it and parse it,
so it seems.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>; "Squid-Users"
<squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Problem with using wpad for autoconfiguration.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>
> To: "Squid-Users" <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3:50 AM
> Subject: [squid-users] Problem with using wpad for autoconfiguration.
>
>
> > I just encountered a pretty annoying reason why NOT to use wpad and
> IE's
> > autro configuration. If you use java applets.
> >
> <snip>
> > Apparently if you configure proxying with wpad, applets will not pick
> up the
> > proxy rules, whereas if you manually set them on PCs, the java applets
> will
> > use the OSes proxy rules.
>
> Have you considered reporting this as a bug to M$?
>
> Rob
>
Received on Wed Jun 20 2001 - 08:54:41 MDT