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= WPAD proxy config =
 * wpad is a javascript "pac" file that the browser loads, the script tells the browser witch proxy to use for every url request.

== Apache2 ==
 * put wpad.dat file under /var/www
 * discovery
   * a dhcp server, configured with option 252 = "http://your.server.here/wpad.dat"
   * have dns setup top point  wpad.COMP.com to the server.

 * setup the file type, in apache to "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig"

 * In your /etc/dhcpd.conf global config, you need something like this:
   {{{
   # For browser auto proxy configuration
   option wpad code 252 = text;
   option wpad "http://wpad.my.lan/wpad.dat\n";
   }}}

 * Example wpad.dat file
   {{{
   function FindProxyForURL (url, host) {
     return "PROXY proxy:8080";
   }
   }}}
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