WPAD

WPAD

Web Proxy Auto-Discovery protocol. Also known as autoproxy. A protocol used by web browsers to automatically discover proxy configuration settings (i.e. without requiring manual configuration). The specification never progressed beyond the draft stage, and expired in May 2001.

For more information see:

• www.wrec.org/Drafts/draft-cooper-webi-wpad-00.txt - Draft of WPAD protocol.
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winhttp/http/winhttp_autoproxy_support.asp - WinHTTP AutoProxy Support