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Advertising proxy over local network? (self.networking)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mfat to c/networking@sh.itjust.works

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Is it possible? Can proxies somehow "advertise" themselves the way some media services or printers do?

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[–] SGG@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For most networks, a proxy would be best done though dhcp option 252, which allows specifying a URL that contains a wpad configuration file, or through DNS.

However that's less annoucement and more making the service discoverable.

[–] mfat 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks much. I think this is what I've been looking for.