Re: [privoxy-users] Re: transparent proxy

[higuita <hig...@ya...>]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:57:42 +1200, "Ian Hawthorn"
<haw...@wa...> wrote:
> /with regard to proxy autoconfiguration/
> > dont know it netscape/mozilla have this, IE have it
> Netscape invented it - had it first.

	yes, the proxy.pac was netscape (as about every thing in browsers)

	but i was thinking in the wpad (web proxy automatic detection)
	support... as i dont even now if the new netscape/mozilla support
	this, (netscape 4.x didnt for sure) it would be strange that they
	invented it, so i checked...

	from this google pdf2html:
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:95YY4EufejcC:www.inktomikorea.co.kr/products/network/tech_resources/trans.pdf+microsoft+wpad&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

"WPAD is a new protocol being developed in a joint effort by Inktomi, Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks, and Microsoft."

	although it is a good thing, it is too dangerous as you could load
	bogus/rogue proxy configuration

	these days transparent proxy is used more instead of this
higuita
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