Proxy.Pac for Apple proxy exclusions

[Darylrese]

Hi guys,

 

Looking to create a local proxy.pac file which adds proxy exclusions for apple devices so that they can access local resources such as internal mail when using our wifi.

 

What do i need to do? I have created a site in IIS on our exchange server called PAC and placed the proxy.pac file in there but having difficaulties figuring out ip address / host names etc

 

I just want them to be able to type in the server name and port or a simple address, say http://server:8081 into the proxy setting on the device

 

Has anyone created a PAC file for ipad / i phone before? If so how and was it successful?

 

Many thanks

[FN-GM]

Have you added .pac as MIME Type in IIS

[Darylrese]

indeed i have.

 

I just need to figure out a way of hosting it correctly (What to put in IP Address / port) so that it is discoverable- sorry i am a bit of a noob with IIS!

 

Also i just created the .pac file in a textfile and saved it as proxy.pac...is this right?

[FN-GM]

Thats right. Have you created an IIS website? What version of IIS?

[Darylrese]

I click add site and put these details in:

 

 

I thought then you would type in the servername:8082 and it would work?

 

The Quaritine Digest site has servername:8081 and works just fine for Sophos PureMessage

 

The Proxy.pac is in the pac folder inside inetpub folder

Edited February 8, 2013 by Darylrese

[FN-GM]

Looks all good to me. To make it so you dont need to specify a file you will need to make the .pac file the default document.

[WithoutMotive]

I just stuck ours on the root of the web server and put the internal URL in the Wifi settings: http://webserver/wlanproxy.pac.

 

Works a treat.

[Darylrese]

hmmmm

 

does this look right for the proxy.pac?

 

function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
{
// variable strings to return
var proxy_yes = "PROXY 10.160.2.6:8080";
var proxy_no = "DIRECT";
if (shExpMatch(url, "https://mca-sr-ex1/exchange*")) { return proxy_no; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "http://www.myotherwebsite.com*")) { return proxy_no; }
if (shExpMatch(url, "http://www.my3rdlocalsite.com*")) { return proxy_no; }
// Proxy anything else
return proxy_yes;
}

 

Ive just placed it in inetpub > wwwroot

 

Browsing to http:/servername/proxy.pac in explorer just gives this error:

 

 

Connecting to the wifi and setting proxy to auto and typing path http://servername/proxy.pac doesnt display anything in safari or google chrome

Edited February 8, 2013 by Darylrese