Re: Configuring Netscape and other browsers for Squid? (fwd)

["Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC" <ted cypress com>]

Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> Unfortunately here lies the problem. In netscape 5.1 there is _no_ such

5.1? you mean 4.51?
If it's Mozilla, they have had some problems with proxies.

> option called proxies. Just the usual enable or disable java etc. Maybe I
> should download the latest netscape.

The java stuff is the top level Advannced settings.
If click the triangle it will point down and the sub options
will appear. You should see Cache and Proxies.

I've used Netscape since 4.0 with a proxy server at work.

> But at the same time Is there any configuration file available to change
> this aspect of netscapes behaviour

It's in the file .netscape/preferences.js
These settings:

user_pref("network.hosts.socks_serverport", 0);
user_pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "host.domain");
user_pref("network.proxy.gopher", "host.domain");
user_pref("network.proxy.gopher_port", prot#);
user_pref("network.proxy.http", "host.domain");
user_pref("network.proxy.http_port", port#);
user_pref("network.proxy.ftp", "host.domain");
user_pref("network.proxy.ftp_port", port#);
user_pref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "host1.domain host2.domain
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.2");
user_pref("network.proxy.ssl", "host.domain");
user_pref("network.proxy.ssl_port", port#);
user_pref("network.proxy.type", 1);

exit netscape, set them as required, start netscape.

Ther are lots of fun setting in that file, most are not
documented though:(

	-Thomas