How does Windows actually detect LAN (proxy) settings when using Automatic Configuration

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Its simple: Browsers (Firefox works the same) query GET http://wpad/wpad.dat.

If a web server named wpad is resolveable, it should serve wpad.dat, a script file analog to netscape PAC files. MIME type must also be “application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig”.

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