Which term finds proxies using WPAD protocol?

• A. Proxies List
• B. WatchGuard Proxy
• C. Automatic Proxy Discovery
• D. Corporate Proxy

Answer: (C)

Automatic Proxy Discovery is what WPAD is all about: it automatically locates the proxy configuration on the network so clients don’t need manual setup. The client uses DHCP or DNS to find a PAC file (often at a URL like http://wpad.yourdomain/wpad.dat). That PAC file contains logic that tells the browser which proxy to use for each URL. So the term that describes finding proxies via WPAD is Automatic Proxy Discovery. The other terms don’t fit because they refer to a static list of proxies, a specific product name, or the proxy server itself rather than the method of discovering the proxy configuration.