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== WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery == | == WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery == | ||
Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol, or WPAD, is a technology which aids a web browser in automatically detecting the location of a PAC file using DNS or DHCP. | |||
A browser that supports both DHCP and DNS will first attempt to locate a PAC file using DHCP, and should a DHCP configuration not exist fail-over to DNS WPAD will occur. If neither are configured, a browser will fail open. | |||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||