- From: Ari Luotonen <luotonen@netscape.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:40:02 -0800 (PST)
- To: Dave Kristol <dmk@bell-labs.com>
- Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
> A question about auto-config: under what circumstances does it come > into play? For example, suppose I start up a browser and it > configures itself. Then I fuss with the configuration, use the > browser for awhile, then quit. When I start it again, is the > browser going to override the settings I put in place, or does it > try to auto-config only if there are no other settings? > > If the browser only tries to configure itself if there are no > pre-settings, there's another problem. Suppose, given the scenario > above, that I decide, for whatever reason, that I want no proxies. > When I exit and restart, will auto-config force a proxy on me again? The idea of "auto-configuration" is "to pull the configuration automatically from a central place", not "to automatically configure default values". That is, either you use the automatic configuration, or manual. Cheers, -- Ari Luotonen * * * Opinions my own, not Netscape's * * * Netscape Communications Corp. ari@netscape.com 501 East Middlefield Road http://home.netscape.com/people/ari/ Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Netscape Proxy Server Development
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