China Digital Times

翻墙利器，Proxy Auto Config

使用 Google 搜索时总是很容易碰触到 GFW 脆弱的神经，解决这个问题的办法是使用代理服务器。对于 Chrome 和 Firefox 来说，有大把的扩展来设置代理服务器，其它浏览器呢？ 其实主流的浏览器都支持一种智能的代理设置方式：Proxy Auto Config。pac 是一个 JavaScript 脚本 ...
China Digital Times

翻墙 | 代理自动配置脚本――PAC文件

A proxy auto-config (PAC) file defines how web browsers and other user agents can automatically choose the appropriate proxy server (access method) for fetching a given URL.（摘自Wikipedia） ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Configure Proxy PAC Files

Proxy auto-configuration files are JavaScript files that automatically set a browser's proxy settings based on a server administrator's needs. Businesses may use PAC files to redirect traffic to ...
Houston Chronicle

How to Configure Safari Proxies

A proxy server acts as the middleman between a user's computer and the Internet, allowing the administrator to control and filter what content is allowed through. To set up proxies for your small ...
Network World

Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches, and other private data, ...
Ars Technica

NPM package with 3 million weekly downloads had a severe vulnerability

Popular NPM package “pac-resolver” has fixed a severe remote code execution (RCE) flaw. The pac-resolver package receives over 3 million weekly downloads, extending this vulnerability to Node.js ...
Computerworld

Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches and other private data, ...