Ars Technica

.pac file/proxy management

I need to use a juniper VPN tunnel to access certain applications. When that tunnel is active, I need to have IE point to a pac file behind the VPN. That is all fine and dandy. Until of course, I ...
CNET

Mac OS X 10.5.3 (#3): serious proxy .pac problems; random application crashes; login window loop; more

Proxy .pac files cause CPU spiking, iTunes crashes Proxy .pac files, used to automatically choose among different proxy configurations, are causing some serious issues under Mac OS X 10.5.3. We ...
ZDNet

This NPM package with millions of weekly downloads has fixed a remote code execution flaw

A very popular NPM package called 'pac-resolver' for the JavaScript programming language has been fixed to address a remote code execution flaw that could affect a lot of Node.js applications. The ...
Ars Technica

NPM package with 3 million weekly downloads had a severe vulnerability

Popular NPM package “pac-resolver” has fixed a severe remote code execution (RCE) flaw. The pac-resolver package receives over 3 million weekly downloads, extending this vulnerability to Node.js ...
Network World

Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised

The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer users’ online accounts, web searches, and other private data, ...