Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:59:07 +0200 From: Alwyn Schoeman <alwyns@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Help with Netscape proxy config, please. Message-ID: <20000110085906.A7053@littlecruncher.prizm.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <200001071632.IAA14289@netcom.com>; from stanb@netcom.com on Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:32:08AM -0500 References: <200001071632.IAA14289@netcom.com>
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Hi,
You need to add a configuration entry in you Apache file that will
add the mime-type of a automatic configuration file. Extension is .pac I think.
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 11:32:08AM -0500, Stan Brown wrote:
> I have several FreeBSD machines which live behind a coporate firewall.
> Untill recently access to http browsing was on "need only" basis. It
> was throught a SOCKS firewall that did some sort of authentication.
>
> Now it has been opened up to "everyon", except the MIS types on
> "support' microsloth machines :-(
>
> After having looked at one of thes machines, I see that Nescape on the
> is configured to use "automatic proxyin" and this proxy is pointed to a
> file on a Novell fileserver. Here are the contents of this file:
>
>
> function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
> {
> if (isInNet(host, "170.85.18.11", "255.255.255.128"))
> return "SOCKS 170.85.17.10:1080; DIRECT";
> else
> if (isInNet(host, "170.85.0.0", "255.255.0.0"))
> return "DIRECT";
>
> else
> return "SOCKS 170.85.17.10:1080; DIRECT";
>
>
> }
>
> Now, what this does is pretty obvious, if the reference is outside our
> corporate net (170.85.*) it calls a SOCKS proxy, otherwise, it goes
> direct.
>
> I need to be able to replicate this behavior for the UNIX machines
> behind the firewall. I have a internal FreeBSD machine that runs
> Apache, that I think I can do this with, but just putting this file on
> it, and pointing my UNIX clients to it results in nescape error,
> referencing a MIME type error.
>
> Can someone please educate me on how to make this work?
>
> Thanks
>
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> Atlanta Ga.
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