[discuss] Authoxy and automatic proxy

[Alexander W. Kohr]

Okay i am having problems getting it to work. we are using an automatic 
proxy server.

the proxy server owner tells me it is based on squid and that the 
entire path to the pac file is http://ourproxiesrealname.fccc.edu and 
that we do not need to put in anymore to get to the auto configuration 
file.  (he is also not the guy who set it up and doesn't really know 
that much about it but he is in charge of it and the guy who set it up 
is long gone. You can tell me his is wrong if it is the situation. I 
won't mind his pride might be a little hurt but that is his problem not 
yours.)

I know i have the mac set up correctly for proxies in the network 
settings as i can access http for sites that the proxy server should 
not touch but
when i try to access servers that the proxy server are supposed to 
intercept and reroute safari starts downloading things like

function FindProxyForURL (url, host){
        if (
                // cancercell.org
                shExpMatch(url, "http://cancercell.org/*";) ||
                shExpMatch(url, "http://*.cancercell.org/*";) ||
                // cell.com
                shExpMatch(url, "http://cell.com/*";) ||
                shExpMatch(url, "http://*.cell.com/*";) ||
                // current-biology.com
                shExpMatch(url, "http://current-biology.com/*";) ||
                shExpMatch(url, "http://*.current-biology.com/*";) ||
...
...
...
                // ulrichsweb.com
                shExpMatch(url, "http://ulrichsweb.com/*";) ||
                shExpMatch(url, "http://*.ulrichsweb.com/*";)
           )
            return "PROXY ourproxiesrealname.fccc.edu:3110; DIRECT;";
        else
            return "DIRECT;";
}
Any suggestions.