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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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[–] SGG@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months 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@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago

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

[–] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Any service can advertise itself using zeroconf but you’d need to establish a service type for proxy and have a client(browser) know to watch for it and connect through automatically (if approved by user)….

[–] mfat@lemdro.id 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks. Have you ever seen this implemented?

[–] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

No I have not.

[–] 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.

[–] mfat@lemdro.id 2 points 10 months ago

Most clients are phones (iPhones and Android)