Re: DNS name for IE5 Auto Proxy settings

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Ray Brighenti wrote:

]Sorry for the slightly strange subject, but I remember a while back (not
]sure if it was this list) that IE5 looks for a CNAME of some name and if
]found uses it as it's proxy server.
]
]Anyone know what I'm talking about?

You are talking about WPAD, the automatic proxy search'n'configure
protocol. See:

<IANA-drafts-mirror>/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-wrec-wpad-00.txt

And, yes, it uses DNS CNAME, after trying DHCP and a bunch more, by
querying for "wpad.your.domain.foo".

Le deagh dhùrachd,
Dipl.-Ing. Jens-S. Vöckler (voeckler@rvs.uni-hannover.de)
Institute for Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
University of Hanover, Germany; +49 511 762 4726
Received on Wed Jul 28 1999 - 01:22:45 MDT