[clug] Dealing with HTTP proxies on random networks

[Kim Holburn]

I wonder if you could use a hand written proxy.pac file.

proxy.pac is written in a subset of javascript described here:
http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html

It does have a function myIpAddress()

This has some interesting stuff:
http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/web-browser-auto- 
proxy-configuration.html

On 2005 May 25 at 6:40 PM, Drew Parsons wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-25 at 18:17 +1000, Michael Still wrote:
>
>> Hey all.
>>
>> My laptop roams between three networks regularly. One has tranparent
>> HTTP proxying, one has no proxying, and one has an environment  
>> where you
>> _have_ to use their HTTP proxy.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a package which will manage that for me so I  
>> don't
>> need to do the three clicks in Firefox to change my proxy setup  
>> when I
>> change network?
>>
>>
>
> What about the proxy switch extension?
>
>
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