Yes, the truncating problem was simple to work around. Just copy
proxy.pac to proxy.pa.
I take the autodiscovery comment back about not being supported in other
browsers.
I stand by my recommendation, however, to use the configuration script, as
opposed to autodiscovery.
Merton Campbell Crockett <m.c.crockett@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 04/18/2006
10:17:39 AM:
> On 18 Apr 2006, at 06:24 , trainier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I think it's important to note that WPAD (Proxy Autodiscovery) is a
hosed
> implementation in Internet Explorer.
>
> Microsoft did introduce errors into Web Proxy Automatic Detection
> (WPAD) when they released Windows 2000. Some of the damage was
> repaired with the release of Windows XP. The former truncates the
> URL. The latter requires the URL to be in lowercase.
>
> You'll notice that few other browsers even have the functionality.
>
> Interesting statement. I find that all of the browsers that I use
> support Web Proxy Automatic Detection: Konqueror, Safari, Mozilla,
> Firefox, and Internet Explorer.
>
> WPAD, ("Automatically Detect Settings" check box in IE) was established
to
> either set a DNS entry for wpad.domain.com to point to the proxy
server,
> or for DHCP to assign a proxy server automatically.
> The short answer is that IE's implementation is flakey as they've
> essentially ignored RFC suggestions. I've been told that WPAD works
> flawlessly in IE, so long as your DNS/DHCP server is running on a
> Microsoft Windows Server.
>
> It appears to work better when using the ISC DNS and DHCP
> implementations. With the introduction of Active Directory,
> Microsoft appears to have changed their implementation and the WPAD
> functionality is only available to Windows system.
>
> I agree with your assessment of the Internet Explorer
> implementation. It is fairly functional when DHCP is used to assign
> the system an IP address. For Windows systems with static IP
> address, it's better to manually set the autoconfiguration URL in the
browser.
>
> Merton Campbell Crockett
> m.c.crockett@xxxxxxxxxxxx
