[PLUG] proxy.pac

[Bill Barry]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Robert Citek <robert.citek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have created a SOCKS proxy on a remote server that listens on port
> :5150 and have manually configured my browsers (Chrome, Firefox) to
> use it.
>
> As the next step, I would like to create a proxy.pac file to
> automatically configure my web browsers to use the SOCKS proxy.  I
> have created a proxy.pac file similar to the one on this page:
>
> https://mikewest.org/2007/01/auto-configuring-proxy-settings-with-a-pac-file
>
> which looks like this:
>
> function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
>   return "SOCKS 10.1.2.10:5150";
> }
>
> It seems to work.  Except, that when I change the proxy port on the
> remote from :5150 to :5151, my browser still is able to connect to
> remote sites.
>
> I have a number of questions, but foremost is, how can I tell if the
> browser is using the proxy or not?
>

Would whatismyip.com distinguish them?

Bill