POLICY REDIRECTION

fooler fooler at skyinet.net
Fri Dec 3 10:31:36 UTC 1999


-----Original Message-----
From: Ingo T. Storm <bind at computerbild.de>
To: fooler <fooler at skyinet.net>
Cc: bind-users at isc.org <bind-users at isc.org>
Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: POLICY REDIRECTION


>Hi fooler,
>
>>     i want to centralize and standardize all proxy settings in their
>browser
>> into proxy.abc.com,
>
>I'd do that with an automated proxy configuration (pac) rather than with
>DNS. There you could specify the proxy (or the order in which they are
>queried) based on the clients IP Address.
>
>Specs and samples are on
>
>http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/proxy/adminnt/autoconf.htm
>
>The only caveats are:
>
>a. You will have to add a mime type for the pac on your server.
>(Instructions must be somewhere at Netscape, too - I can't find them right
>now.
>
>b. Edit and test these files carefully. Netscape Messenger and Internet
>Explorer, but show different symptoms with lax syntax.
>
>Next I woul look into complete automation for IE clienst. Keyword "wpad".
>But that'd get us even further OT.
>
>Cheers,
>Ingo


hello ingo,

    thanks for the reply  but this policy redirection that im thinking of is
not only applicable for proxy but other services as well. like for example,
it will return the nearest www server, mail server, ftp server etc for
having multiple network access point.
    i saw one  which is cisco distributed redirector, but the problem is,
its a proprietary protocol and requires cisco router to work with it. so in
terms of scalability, it wont scale especialy if you have non-cisco router
in your network access point.
    any suggestions more suggestions guys? thanks.


fooler.



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