Re: Automatic proxy configuration
* Patrick Winnertz <patrick.winnertz@skolelinux.org> [070209 13:15]:
> Hey,
>
> at the moment we ship our kde with preconfigured proxy for konqueror,
> and if someone uses firefox he has to manually configure the proxy for
> it. (profile ltspserver).
> What do you think of an automatic configuration for browsers. It is
> possible to ship such informations with dns or dhcp, to make the browser
> run an script where the proxy informations are stored in.
>
> For those who are able to read german, here is a link in the german
> wiki:
> http://wiki.skolelinux.de/ValentinHaenel/WPAD
AFAIK there are some typos, so please check it first
>
> I think it would be a great idea to ship such an configuration tool with
> skolelinux, this would solve in my eyes some issues:
>
> - Browsers (like Opera) which are not yet automatically configured by
> our installation would then be configured by this setup.
> - We could delete the cf.mozilla script, since firefox is configured
> automatically - another step towards an rc - bug free package.
i support this
> If you think this sound good I will integrate it into our
> debian-edu-config :)
do it ;-)
> Greetings
> Patrick
>
Regards/AmicaLinuxement/Viele Gruesse!
Kurt Gramlich
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