diff --git a/htroot/autoconfig.java b/htroot/autoconfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a738b3072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htroot/autoconfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+//autoconfig.pac 
+//-----------------------
+//part of YaCy
+//(C) by Michael Peter Christen; mc@anomic.de
+//first published on http://www.anomic.de
+//Frankfurt, Germany, 2004
+//last major change: 12.07.2004
+//
+//This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//(at your option) any later version.
+//
+//This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//
+//Using this software in any meaning (reading, learning, copying, compiling,
+//running) means that you agree that the Author(s) is (are) not responsible
+//for cost, loss of data or any harm that may be caused directly or indirectly
+//by usage of this softare or this documentation. The usage of this software
+//is on your own risk. The installation and usage (starting/running) of this
+//software may allow other people or application to access your computer and
+//any attached devices and is highly dependent on the configuration of the
+//software which must be done by the user of the software; the author(s) is
+//(are) also not responsible for proper configuration and usage of the
+//software, even if provoked by documentation provided together with
+//the software.
+//
+//Any changes to this file according to the GPL as documented in the file
+//gpl.txt aside this file in the shipment you received can be done to the
+//lines that follows this copyright notice here, but changes must not be
+//done inside the copyright notive above. A re-distribution must contain
+//the intact and unchanged copyright notice.
+//Contributions and changes to the program code must be marked as such.
+
+//you must compile this file with
+//javac -classpath .:../Classes Status.java
+//if the shell's current path is HTROOT
+
+import java.util.*;
+import de.anomic.tools.*;
+import de.anomic.server.*;
+import de.anomic.yacy.*;
+import de.anomic.http.*;
+
+public class autoconfig {
+
+ /**
+  * Generates a proxy-autoconfig-file (application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig) 
+  * See: <a href="http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html">Proxy Auto-Config File Format</a> 
+  * @param header
+  * @param post
+  * @param env
+  * @return
+  */
+ public static serverObjects respond(httpHeader header, serverObjects post, serverSwitch env) {
+     
+    serverObjects prop = new serverObjects();
+
+    prop.put("host", serverCore.publicIP().getHostAddress());
+    prop.put("port", env.getConfig("port", "8080"));
+
+ // return rewrite properties
+    return prop;
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/htroot/autoconfig.pac b/htroot/autoconfig.pac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..440aa3693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/htroot/autoconfig.pac
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+function FindProxyForURL(url,host) {
+	if ((isPlainHostName(host))||
+	    (host=="127.0.0.1"))
+	{
+		return "DIRECT";
+	    
+	} else  {
+		return "PROXY #[host]#:#[port]#";
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/httpd.mime b/httpd.mime
index 50b825a87..a638cd2cf 100644
--- a/httpd.mime
+++ b/httpd.mime
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mov     = video/quicktime
 mpe     = video/mpeg
 mpeg    = video/mpeg
 mpg     = video/mpeg
+pac     = application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig
 pdf     = application/pdf
 php     = application/x-httpd-php
 phtml   = application/x-httpd-php
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
index 32d1fdd55..4123ab756 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ import java.text.*;
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import de.anomic.server.*;
 
-public class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements httpdHandler {
+public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements httpdHandler {
 
     // class variables   
     private Properties mimeTable = null;
@@ -349,7 +349,11 @@ public class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements httpdHandl
 		filedate = new Date(file.lastModified());
                 String mimeType = mimeTable.getProperty(conProp.getProperty("EXT",""),"text/html");
                 byte[] result;
-		if (path.endsWith("html") || path.endsWith("xml") || path.endsWith("rss") || path.endsWith("csv")) {
+		if (path.endsWith("html") || 
+            path.endsWith("xml") || 
+            path.endsWith("rss") || 
+            path.endsWith("csv") ||
+            path.endsWith("pac")) {
 		    rc = rewriteClassFile(file);
 		    if (rc != null) {
 			// CGI-class: call the class to create a property for rewriting