JDK-4773602 : auto proxy detection is failing when using Netscape 4.79 and 7.0
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: webstart
  • Affected Version: 1.4.2
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: solaris_8
  • CPU: sparc
  • Submitted: 2002-11-05
  • Updated: 2002-11-27
  • Resolved: 2002-11-19
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1.4.2 mantisFixed
Description
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Fix for bug 4469455 and 4463745 is not working when user is using 
netscape 4.79 and 7.0.


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Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: mantis FIXED IN: mantis INTEGRATED IN: mantis mantis-b08 VERIFIED IN: mantis-beta
31-08-2004
EVALUATION This is difficult to address because different versions of Netscape store their proxy information in different (and conflicting) ways. We cannot determine the dot version of netscape from their configuration file, so in some cases such as Netscape 4.79 we aren't going to be able to determine the setting. In this particular case though, we should popup the proxy dialog instead of setting the proxy to NONE. ###@###.### 2002-11-05 Here is how proxy detection should be working now: If a proxy is not already set in Javaws, we try to detect one from the browser. The browser can be set to NONE, MANUAL, or AUTO. Most of the time we are going to discover the right setting, but because of the above comment, sometimes on Netscape/Solaris we don't. So: 1. When the browser setting is AUTO (proxy autoconfig file), we should popup the proxy dialog with a hint that we got from the autoconfig file. 2. When the browser setting is MANUAL we should always pickup the setting correctly - no proxy dialog. 3. When the setting is NONE, in most cases we should pickup the setting and not popup the proxy dialog. However, there are a couple of cases (e.g. netscape 4.76 on Solaris) that we cannot detect a NONE setting, in these cases we popup the proxy dialog. ###@###.### 2002-11-08
08-11-2002