Automatic proxy selection based on network location with Firefox (proxy.pac)

From: Sébastien Pierrel (sebastien.pierrel_at_gmail.com)
Date: 11/30/05

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    Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:48:57 +0200
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    Hi all,

    I'm tired of changing my proxy settings everytime I move to a
    different network with my laptop. Therefore, I'm writting an automated
    script (proxy.pac):

    ----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------
    function FindProxyForURL(url, host)
    {
    var company_net = "x.x.x.x";
    var company_mask = "255.255.255.0";

      if(isInNet(myIpAddress(), company_net, company_mask)) {
           return "PROXY proxy.company.com:8080;";
        }

    return "DIRECT;";
    }
    ----------------------------------8<-----------------------------------

    well, the actual script is a *little* more complicated but this is
    just enough to illustrate my problem:
    isInNet(myIpAddress() always returns the loopback address (127.0.0.1)

    Is that a bug from firefox? (Debian package 1.0.7-1)
    How could I possibly check other interfaces' address? (lan, wlan, ppp...)

    Thx,
    /Seb.

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