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Title : Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol
Author(s) : I. Cooper et al.
Filename : draft-cooper-webi-wpad-00.txt
Pages : 21
Date : 15-Nov-00
A mechanism is needed to permit web clients to locate nearby
(caching) web proxy. Current best practice is for end users to hand
configure their web client (i.e., browser) with the URL of an 'auto
configuration file'. In large environments this presents a
formidable support problem. It would be much more manageable for
the web client software to automatically learn the configuration
information for its web proxy settings. This is typically referred
to as a resource discovery problem.
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