Re: netscape proxy.pac setup

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Jim Chivas wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Mark Cooke wrote:
>
> > 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.
> *********
>
> 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.

Yes, that's what he's saying. However, I believe is it possible to make
Squid serve up the file, in the same way it serves up it's internal images
for FTP listings and so on - someone suggested a way of achieving this a
few months ago. Check the list archive, or possibly the FAQ if it was
entered. Or wait until someone who knows how to do it reads your message.

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