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Advertising proxy over local network? (lemdro.id)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by mfat@lemdro.id 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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[โ€“] shifty51@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depending on the environment you can often use wpad (windows proxy auto-discover) you have to be able to host a PAC file someplace and have a domain, but it fits for your use case.

[โ€“] mfat@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago

Most clients are phones (iPhones and Android)