Re: DNSSERVER Problems

On Tue, 8 Jun 1999, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

> The problem has more to do with a failing of Netscape 4.5. If the
> browser is configured to use the Squid proxy with the local domain name
> defined in the exception block and the user enters only a simply host name
> in the URI, Netscape sends the request to Squid instead of going directly
> to the internal Web server.

A Netscape proxy autoconfiguration script may be exactly what you need
here. You can define a much more complicated ruleset with the
autoconfig script than you can by simply setting up the proxy in the
preferences dialog. Information on how to do this is in the Squid
FAQ, as well as on developer.netscape.com.

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Received on Tue Jun 08 1999 - 20:14:46 MDT