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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NETBEANS-96: ---------------------------------------- lbruun commented on a change in pull request #161: [NETBEANS-96] New PAC Script evaluation environment URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-netbeans/pull/161#discussion_r149207915 ########## File path: core.network/src/org/netbeans/core/network/proxy/pac/PacHelperMethods.java ########## @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +/* + * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + * You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + * limitations under the License. + */ +package org.netbeans.core.network.proxy.pac; + + + +/** + * Stub for PAC Helpers. + * + * <p> + * The 'Helpers' are utility functions that the PAC script can make use of. + * + * @author lbruun + */ +public abstract class PacHelperMethods implements PacHelperMethodsNetscape, PacHelperMethodsMicrosoft { Review comment: Yep. You are right. I guess this changed somewhat during development. The _original_ idea was as described. I think there's still a logical benefit in keeping Netscape's original spec separated from Microsoft's later additions. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org > New PAC Script evaluator > ------------------------ > > Key: NETBEANS-96 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-96 > Project: NetBeans > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: lbruun > Labels: pull-request-available > > The current [PAC script|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config] > evaluator (in {{core.network}}) was developed pre-Nashorn and has a few > problems: > * It simply fails with Nashorn - but not with Rhino - if the downloaded > script uses {{isInNet()}}. This was reported in [Bug > 245116|https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245116]. It fails > silently in this case and defaults to no proxy. The user will never know the > reason - not even by looking in the message log - that there was an error. > * It doesn't implement two mandatory JavaScript helper methods, > {{dnsResolve()}} and {{myIpAddress()}}. This is a known issue. This causes > many PAC scripts to silently fail. > * It doesn't implement Microsoft's IPv6-aware additions to the PAC standard. > This is a problem in MS shops because they will have designed their PAC > script to be compatible with MS IE and MS Edge (which unsurprisingly support > these functions .. as do Chrome). > * It uses a small JavaScript helper, {{nsProxyAutoConfig.js}}, which uses a > license which is not compatible with Apache. This is described in NETBEANS-4. > * Isn't executing the downloaded PAC script in a sandboxed environment. (The > PAC script should be treated as hostile because the download may have been > spoofed. Browsers indeed treat the PAC script as hostile and so should > NetBeans). > Pull Request with a new implementation is on its way. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)