topic Re: PAC file not working in IE 9 in Web Security

PAC file not working in IE 9

w8888tLong — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:22:46 GMT

I have the IE9 browser set to use the PAC file, but it does not send traffic to the WSA. I have tried it locally from the C: drive and downloading it from the WSA PAC source. Putting the link to the file opens it from either location. It seems that it is not processing it.

Some document suggested to name it proxy.pac; this did not help.

Here is the code to proxy when the WSA is available and go direct to the website when the WSA is not in the network the user is in (mobile users)

function FindProxyForURL(url,host){

return "PROXY 10.100.2.2:80;

DIRECT;"

}

PAC file not working in IE 9

Christian Rahl — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:36:19 GMT

Try removing the DIRECT. Also try using the hostname for the WSA.

Christian Rahl

Customer Support Engineer

Cisco Web Content Security Appliance

Cisco Technical Assistance Center RTP

Re: PAC file not working in IE 9

w8888tLong — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:17:55 GMT

Thanks for the quick response.
Taking out DIRECT fixed this. Leaving the IP works, since the WSA is not in DNS.

So many examples include the DIRECT...

Re: PAC file not working in IE 9

w8888tLong — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:24:31 GMT

I made it work with the DIRECT; must have been a syntax error...So it looks like this with DIRECT on the same line

function FindProxyForURL(url,host){

return "PROXY 10.100.2.2:80; DIRECT;"
}

Thanks for helping troubleshoot

Re: PAC file not working in IE 9

Christian Rahl — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:22:38 GMT

I would highly recommend putting the WSA in the DNS resolution. Depending on what kind of authentication you are performing, you will need to resolve the hostname.

Christian Rahl

Customer Support Engineer

Cisco Web Content Security Appliance

Cisco Technical Assistance Center RTP