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Safari 1.2 now supports Automatic Proxy Configuration when run under Mac OS 10.3.2. This feature is not available on Macintosh operating systems earlier than 10.3.2 -- even Mac OS 10.3 is not sufficient. As a result, Mac users with sufficiently up-to-date systems may now consider using of Safari with the Library's proxy service. See below for instructions for configuring Safari 1.2.

Unfortunately, problems in Safari's implementation make it less than advisable at this time. A few problems reported so far are these:

• Safari cannot be used with the PIN-authenticating proxy service. Authentication for the PIN proxy service is triggered when the browser requests a proxied document and the proxy server returns a message to the browser (specifically, the 407 "Proxy Authentication Required" status code). The browser is supposed to respond to this condition by displaying the "Username/Password" dialog box. Safari, however, fails to respond to this message correctly and merely reports an error condition.
  
  
• Safari can be used successfully with the CalNet-authenticating proxy service. However, users report that some resources fail to display properly in Safari. Those include:
  
  
  • Black Studies Database
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QBLK
    
    
  • Family & Society Studies Worldwide
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QFSD
    
    
  • Left Index
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QLI
    
    
  • Music Catalog (Library of Congress)
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QLCMU
    
    
  • RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QRLM
    
    
  • RIPM: International Index to Nineteenth-Century Music Periodicals
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QRIPM
    
    
  • RISM International Inventory of Musical Sources After 1600
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QRISM
    
    
  • Sexual Diversity Studies
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QGLA
    
    
  • Wildlife Worldwide
    http://biblioline.nisc.com/scripts/login.dll?BiblioLine&dbname=QWW_
    
    

Here is how to configure Safari 1.2 to use the CalNet-authenticating proxy service:

1. Make sure that you're using Mac OS X version 10.3.2 (or higher) and Safari 1.2 (or higher). If necessary, start up System Preferences and use the "Software Update" control panel to download and install these upgrades.
2. Start up Safari, and choose "Preferences" from the "Safari" menu.
3. Click on the "Advanced" icon.
4. In the "Proxies:" option, click the "Change Settings..." button.
5. System Preferences should start up automatically, with the "Network" panel open and "Proxies" selected. You may need to log in with your Administrator password to make these changes.
6. Under "Select a proxy server to configure:", choose "Automatic Proxy Configuration." (You may need to scroll down the list to the end to see this choice).
7. In the "Proxy Configuration File" text box, enter the URL for the CalNet-authenticating proxy server's configuration script:   http://proxy.lib.berkeley.edu:7777/proxy.pac
8. Click the "Apply now" button.
9. Close the Network control panel.

It is not necessary to restart Safari to begin using the Library proxy server.

Currently our information regarding Safari and its usability with the proxy service depends on reports we receive from users with Macintosh installations. As we learn more, the content of this page may change, so feel free to check back at a later time.