Proxy Web Servers and Authentication > Local PC Setup

Proxy Auto-Configuration Files

• Proxy information is downloaded from a server when the browser starts
• Includes considerable flexibility in instructing to browser to use various proxy servers or a direct Internet connection.
• Introduced with Navigator 2.x
• Now supported in Navigator and Internet Explorer

• Format
• Programming
• Helpful Pre-defined Functions
• Example -- All clients through one proxy server
• Example -- Some clients through one proxy server for all requests
• Example -- All clients through two proxy servers for some requests