Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol

Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol (WPAD) is a method of storing proxy autoconfiguration file in a guessable url, for example wpad.example.com/proxy.pac. WPAD makes it possible for browsers to locate proxies automatically.

IEFT 1999: Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol – Expired internet draft

Waikato Linux Users Group Wiki 2004: WPAD

External links

http://www.monash.edu.au/proxy-secure.pac

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