Question about Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery

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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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