Proxy auto-configuration (was: Re: Transparent proxy)

[Sascha Silbe]

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:11:44AM +0100, Martin Langhoff wrote:

> A while ago Pia Waugh figured out how to serve the
> proxy config via DHCP and to make the XOs obey it (you'll have to
> google for it as I don't have a link, when you find it... maybe add it
> to the techiques page?)
Please share the link when you find it. I couldn't find anything by Pia 
Waugh on that topic.
While I found some technique called WAPD [1-3] tcpdump shows no trace of 
it being used by Iceweasel on Linux.


[1] http://www.davidpashley.com/articles/automatic-proxy.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Proxy_Autodiscovery_Protocol
[3] 
http://homepage.ntlworld.com./jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/web-browser-auto-proxy-configuration.html#WPAD

CU Sascha

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