Re: [squid-users] proxy.pac

On 8/1/05, trainier@kalsec.com <trainier@kalsec.com> wrote:
> I'd reply to the question sent to the list, but I deleted it already.
>
> There's a bug in IE that truncates the last character of the
> autoconfiguration file.

If I'm reading this right, you're saying that this problem only happens
when using Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) in combination with
the automatic discovery feature (WPAD) of MSIE?

> The problem is the packet which requests that file, sometimes get's
> fragmented, not always.
> This essentially causes IE to request two files: proxy.pa and c
> A very simple work-around is to copy proxy.pac to proxy.pa
> You should see somewhat more consistency here.

Interesting. We support many thousands of Windows workstations,
all using proxy.pac but none using WPAD.

I do not see any requests for "proxy.pa" in the logs on the web server
hosting the PAC file. I do see a ton of errors for some really humorous
typos -- it's amazing how many different ways there are to creatively
spell "proxy" :)

Kevin Kadow

(P.S. I do see a high number of requests for "proxy.pac?Type=WMT",
is anybody else seeing these?)
Received on Mon Aug 01 2005 - 17:25:40 MDT