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<p><font size="+1" face="monospace" color="brown"># local proxy
autodiscovery<br>
option local-pac-server code 252 = text;<br>
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subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {<br>
option local-pac-server
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.example.com/wpad.dat">"http://www.example.com/wpad.dat"</a>;<br>
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}<br>
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Bill<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/8/2021 12:30 PM, perl-list wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">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.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">From: "Parkin, Richard (R.)" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rparki21@ford.com"><rparki21@ford.com></a>
To: "Users of ISC DHCP" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dhcp-users@lists.isc.org"><dhcp-users@lists.isc.org></a>
Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 10:09:04 AM
Subject: Question about Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Greetings!
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I have a question about configuring Option 252 for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery.
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Our IPAM allowed me to generate a configuration statement that resembles this:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">option 252 <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://example.com/wpad.dat">http://example.com/wpad.dat</a>;
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">What I am wondering is if the URL string needs to be quoted for this to work,
like so:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">option 252 “<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://example.com/wpad.dat”">http://example.com/wpad.dat”</a>;
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I haven’t been able to find a definitive answer. Is it safer to assume the
quotes are needed?
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Thanks!
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Rich Parkin
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Ford Motor Company
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">DDI Planner (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
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