WPAD

networkingsecurity

Stands for: Web Proxy Auto-Discovery

A method for browsers to find a PAC file automatically.

Web Proxy Auto-Discovery lets a browser locate a proxy config (PAC) file via DHCP or DNS without manual setup. Convenient but a classic attack surface, since a rogue WPAD response can redirect traffic through an attacker's proxy.

Also known as: wpad

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