# Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file — Use proxy only if cannot resolve host

> This example will work in an environment where the internal DNS server is set up so that it can only resolve internal host names, and the goal is to use a proxy only for hosts that aren't resolvable The above requires consulting the DNS every time; it can be grouped intelligently with other rules so

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This example will work in an environment where the internal DNS server is set up so that it can only resolve internal host names, and the goal is to use a proxy only for hosts that aren't resolvable

The above requires consulting the DNS every time; it can be grouped intelligently with other rules so that DNS is consulted only if other rules do not yield a result

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