Re: netscape proxy.pac setup

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Mark Cooke wrote:

> >
> > BUT if my url for automatic proxy setup in my Netscape browser points to
> > my proxy server for this file why do I have to tell apache about it? I
> > would think I must somehow tell squid about it.
>
> 1. Browser asks for the file from http://proxy.mycompany.com:8080
> 2. Squid passes this to the redirector, which returns to squid the
> real location of the file.
> 3. Squid retrieves the real file from the web server it's hosted on.
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Are you saying the .pac file can't be located on the squid proxy server
itself. That is where I used to put it with my old NEtscape proxy server.

JIm

> The web server provided the mime type for the file it supplies to
> squid.
> 4. Squid caches the real file and returns a copy, complete with the
> mime type from the web server to the browser.
>
> The .htaccess is one method for making sure that the mimetype given in
> step 3 is the one the browsers are expecting.
>
> Mark
>
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Received on Fri Feb 25 2000 - 18:29:00 MST