default proxy settings

[lbrtchx]

I run a small comp lab and I would like to use squid sometimes (when
many students need to basically access the same files) but some other
times I would let them go online through some proxy server
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Is there such a thing as a way for browsers (IE and Firefox) to
detect proxy settings when they start up and if first proxy setting
don't work then option B should be used?
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Thanks
lbrtchx

 

[Sachin]

Is there such a thing as a way for browsers (IE and Firefox) to
detectproxysettings when they start up and if firstproxysetting
don't work then option B should be used?

Yes, this can very easily be done using proxy.pac or wpad.dat.
Check this http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html

Sachin Purohit
Team SafeSquid
Content Filtering Internet Proxy