Question about Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery

[Bill Shirley]

# local proxy autodiscovery
option local-pac-server            code 252 = text;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
   option local-pac-server "http://www.example.com/wpad.dat";
.
}

Bill

On 9/8/2021 12:30 PM, perl-list wrote:
> I have no specific knowledge of option 252, but, generally speaking in the dhcp config file when defining a string value, it is usually in quotes.  I would guess that to be the case with this as well.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Parkin, Richard (R.)" <rparki21 at ford.com>
>> To: "Users of ISC DHCP" <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 10:09:04 AM
>> Subject: Question about Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery
>> Greetings!
>> I have a question about configuring Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery.
>> Our IPAM allowed me to generate a configuration statement that resembles this:
>> option 252 http://example.com/wpad.dat;
>> What I am wondering is if the URL string needs to be quoted for this to work,
>> like so:
>> option 252 “http://example.com/wpad.dat”;
>> I haven’t been able to find a definitive answer. Is it safer to assume the
>> quotes are needed?
>> Thanks!
>> --
>> Rich Parkin
>> Ford Motor Company
>> DDI Planner (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
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