Code for IE-like web proxy detection

[Dawit A.]

On Monday 03 February 2003 05:46, juan at foxpaw.com wrote:
> The existing "automatically detect script file" requires you to know a URL,
> e.g. http://wpad.kde.org/wpad.dat.  That URL can come from DHCP, DNS
> well-known-name (wpad), or DNS SRV records.  I implemented all three for
> linux, and provide the first match, which you may then use as the
> "automatically detect script file".

I am confused by this statement. The current code supports two of the three 
methods you mentioned above. It does not yet support lookups using SLP or DNS 
SRV records. But those are just missing features and something that should be 
added to the current implementation. If you want to see the current 
implementation and contribute/improve that, it would be great. You can find 
the current implementation under kdelibs/kio/misc/kpac.

> Anecdotal evidence of its usefulness:  my friend took a Knoppix CD to a
> school he works at to show them.  He booted it and brought up Konq,
> and--web no worky. IE's what they use.

That is probably, since I do not know what version is was demoing, because of 
the bug that prevented the automatic detection code from working at all.  
This was not fixed until the final 3.1 release.  But then it could also be 
because they use the two other methods we have not yet implemented as well.

Regards,
Dawit A.