Re: GET ... /wspad.dat

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From: david epsom dot com dot au (david_at_epsomdotcomdotau)
Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:48:03 +1100

> memory. If you point a browser to http://wpad.mydomain.net/wpad.dat

Not on my server :~)

> Unless you don't have ISA publishing the autoconfiguration information,

:~) I guess not... How do I get that happening?

I know how to edit the configuration file from ISA manager
(Firewall Client Settings), but I haven't found out were the
settings are stored, or how the client setting file is supposed
to be published. Configuration for the Firewall client setting
file (wspad.dat) is probably very similar to configuration for
the Web Proxy client (wpad.dat)

I'd be happy to stop whatever service is requesting the configuration
information, but I'd be almost equally happy if I could work out how
to satisfy the requests.

(david)

"Ray" <replyhere@newsgroup.only> wrote in message
news:%237uFnqDIFHA.2656@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> On ISA 2000, the wpad.dat file is used for automatic configuration of
> Internet Explorer. I don't use the firewall client so maybe it uses "ws".
> There is no physical "wpad.dat" file that you can find on ISA; it's just
> in
> memory. If you point a browser to http://wpad.mydomain.net/wpad.dat " and
> open it in NotePad, you'll see the file contents.
>
> Unless you don't have ISA publishing the autoconfiguration information, of
> course.
>
> Ray
>
> "david epsom dot com dot au" <david@epsomdotcomdotau> wrote in message
> news:OQRn5WvHFHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> I am seeing repeated failures of GET http://wpad.mydomain.net/wspad.dat
>> on
>> my firewall, coming from my clients.
>>
>> No surprise that the request is denied: ISA is not publishing any such
> site
>> or file.
>>
>> The question is, what service is making the request? And can it be
>> turned
>> off? Or, must it be reconfigured? If so how?
>>
>> The client machine is running Microsoft Firewall Client for ISA Server
> 2004,
>> set to "manually select ISA server", with Web browser automatic
>> configuration NOT enabled.
>>
>> (david)
>>
>>
>
>

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