Andy Grundman;270059 Wrote: > On Feb 16, 2008, at 6:00 AM, gerph wrote: > > > > > Andy Grundman;269992 Wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 2008, at 12:41 AM, zenjabba wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Rather than a specific proxy server, could you please allow us to > >>> put in > >>> a proxy.pac file that has be configured for our network. I cannot > >>> imagine it would be that hard work, but being a perl useless > person, > >> I > >>> cannot do it myself and submit it. > >> > >> > >> What does your pac file look like? I filed an enhancement: > >> http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7183 > > > > This isn't a simple feature request. Well, it's a simple request, > but > > the feature is complex. > > > > .pac files are javascript files which are interpreted by the browser > > > to > > find the correct proxy for the URL being fetched. You can do > anything > > you like in terms of the Javascript in order to determine which > proxy > > to use, is any. If the author wanted, they could check the 5th > letter > > of the domain request and use a different proxy based on that. > > > > I don't think it's practical to implement .pac files with slimserver > > without building in a JS engine. > > Yeah good point, and I don't expect most users have complex proxy > setups. Even if you have a pac file it's likely you can set a single > > proxy host and things will just work.
I am not sure how hard, difficult or insane it is, but at the moment it would really help me if I had it. If I find it useful, then other people might as well. Just a request, if it gets done, wonderful, if not, it doesn't -- zenjabba ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zenjabba's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2779 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43537 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
