LYNX-DEV Possible "proxy autoconfigure" like MSIE/Netscape?

[Jason Baker]

Just wondering if it would be possible for Lynx to take advantage of
".pac" files, which MSIE and Netscape now have for automatic proxy/cache
configuration.  Here's a sample:

function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
   if (isPlainHostName(host) || dnsDomainIs(host, ".themis.ag.gov.bc.ca"))
      return "DIRECT";
   else
      return "PROXY cache.themis.ag.gov.bc.ca:3128;
              DIRECT";
}

This is just left on the server, and fetched by the browser on startup.
It makes for nice failover in case of a dead cache, and duplicating the
format would mean one less place to update when things change. :)

Jason

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