IE "Automatically detect settings"

[Brad Hards]

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On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:04, Michael James wrote:
> Has this been unpicked by the open source community?
Almost certainly...

> Is the ISA functionality available from a Linux server?
I'm not familiar with ISA (except as an obsolete bus, replaced by PCI, then by 
USB), so I really can't be certain.
You might like to check out Squid, look for discussion of WPAD in the FAQ. I 
think this is what you are describing. The IETF nixed the standardisation 
effort, but the old Internet Draft is still around. GIYF.

> Or is there simply a better way?
Brad's Standard Answer Number 1: RFC2608 - Service Location Protocol.

It would probably be better if the system didn't rely on JavaScript, but some 
things are a bit difficult to fix with so much usage.

Brad

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