Nugget post: PAC file validation

A nifty tool that’s quite useful in catching errors in your PAC [proxy auto config] file is “pacparser”. You can find it here: http://code.google.com/p/pacparser/ The win32 zip file contains a binary executable that you just point to your PAC file and an example URL to test with. It will then use javascript to parse the … Continue reading Nugget post: PAC file validation

SSL session ID & IPS

Intermittent access issues to HTTPS sites… Issue : Randomly, the same HTTPS site would sometimes not respond. IE would show its very unhelpful “page cannot be displayed” while firefox displays the slightly more descriptive “peer recieved a valid certificate but access denied” Cause (in this case) : An upstream Fortigate IPS was dropping “unknown” SSL … Continue reading SSL session ID & IPS