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Bug#554844: ITP: pacparser -- library to parse proxy auto-config files



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andrew Pollock <apollock@debian.org>

* Package name    : pacparser
  Version         : 1.0.7
  Upstream Author : Manu Garg <manugarg@gmail.com>
* URL             : http://code.google.com/p/pacparser
* License         : GPLv3
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : library to parse proxy auto-config files

a library to parse proxy auto-config (PAC) files. Proxy auto-config files are
a vastly used proxy configuration method these days. Web browsers can use a PAC
file to determine which proxy server to use or whether to go direct for a given
URL. PAC files are written in JavaScript and can be programmed to return
different proxy methods (e.g. "PROXY proxy1:port; DIRECT") depending upon URL,
source IP address, protocol, time of the day etc. PAC files introduce a lot of
possibilities. Look at the wikipedia link above to find out more about them.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)



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