Features/Automatic Proxy Settings: Difference between revisions

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 (PAC and WPAD) for testing purposes.
-For testing a proxy in XO you can go to: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Proxy_Settings Features/Proxy Settings]
+For testing a proxy in XO you can go to: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Proxy_Settings#How_To_Test Features/Proxy Settings]
 == Benefit to Sugar ==
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 == PAC - Proxy Auto Config ==
+PAC method for proxy is very simple. You have to create a web-accessible
+file with special syntax in which you include proxy server data. This example
+works with Apache server. You can take a look to [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Automatic_Proxy_Settings#Bibliography Bibliograpy]
+for more info about PAC file configuration and installation in other webservers.
+Steps:
+* Install httpd web server:
+   yum install httpd
+* Enable configuration override with htaccess
+   vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+   <Directory "/var/www/html">
+    ...
+    #
+    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
+    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
+    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
+    #
+    AllowOverride None
+    ...
+   </Directory>
+   Replace the line "AllowOverride None" with "AllowOverride All"
+* Create a web enabled directory proxy
+   mkdir /var/www/html/proxy
+* Create .htaccess file and the following content:
+   vim /var/www/html/proxy/.htaccess
+   AddType application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig .pac
+* Create PAC file and add the following content:
+   vim /var/www/html/proxy/proxy.pac
+   function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
+       return "PROXY PROXY_SERVER_IP_OR_HOSTNAME:PORT";
+   }
+* Set permissions for the directory proxy
+   chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/proxy
+   chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/proxy
+* Restart httpd web server
+   service httpd restart
+* Test in your favorite browser
+[[File:testproxyiceweasel-1.png]]
+[[File:testproxyiceweasel-2.png|700px]]
 == WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery ==
+Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol, or WPAD, is a technology which aids a web browser in automatically detecting the location of a PAC file using DNS or DHCP.
+A browser that supports both DHCP and DNS will first attempt to locate a PAC file using DHCP, and should a DHCP configuration not exist fail-over to DNS WPAD will occur. If neither are configured, a browser will fail open. [http://findproxyforurl.com/ Source]
 == Bibliography ==
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol]
+* [http://findproxyforurl.com/ FindProxyForURL]
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config Proxy Auto Config]