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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by Irmund Thum <it...@it97.dyn.dhs.org> on 2002/04/13 15:53:28 UTC

Re: Proxy server in Apache - pac

zliu1 wrote:

> mod_proxy is used to set as forwarding proxy server. IE user works fine.
> However, for Netscape browser user, if using "Automatic proxy
> configuration" and put the proxy server in the field of "Configuration
> location (URL)", Netscape browser will show error:
> 
>    "The proxy automatic configuration file is not of the correct type:
> 
>            http://proxy_server_host_name
> 
>     Expected the MIME type of application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig.
>     No proxies will be used."
> 
> I did put application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig into mime.type file.
> 
> What should I do?
> 
> Thank you,
> Zuwei

did you create on the server a PAC (proxy automatic configuration file) -
and in which directory? Have you ever seen a PAC file (javascript) ?
Why don't you simply set manually for the clients the ip-address and port?

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Re: Proxy server in Apache - pac

Posted by zliu1 <zl...@nd.edu>.

On Sat, 13 Apr 2002, Irmund Thum wrote:

> zliu1 wrote:
> 
> > mod_proxy is used to set as forwarding proxy server. IE user works fine.
> > However, for Netscape browser user, if using "Automatic proxy
> > configuration" and put the proxy server in the field of "Configuration
> > location (URL)", Netscape browser will show error:
> > 
> >    "The proxy automatic configuration file is not of the correct type:
> > 
> >            http://proxy_server_host_name
> > 
> >     Expected the MIME type of application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig.
> >     No proxies will be used."
> > 
> > I did put application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig into mime.type file.
> > 
> > What should I do?
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > Zuwei
> 
> did you create on the server a PAC (proxy automatic configuration file) -
> and in which directory? Have you ever seen a PAC file (javascript) ?
> Why don't you simply set manually for the clients the ip-address and port?

Originally, we used Netscape Proxy Server 3.52. Now I put its proxy.pac
file as Apache proxy server home page. It works fine. Do you know where I
can find documantation about PAC file?

Thank you very much,
Zuwei


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