Subject: Re: Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol

From: Charles Perkins <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 08:55:24 -0700 (PDT)

Hello Dave,

The answer is that WPAD does specify the use of SLP.  And,
in fact, there is a SLP draft for this.  But, since DHCP is
much more widely deployed than SLP, the document authors
seemed reluctant to make SLP the only choice, or even a MUST.

It is perfectly valid for working group discussion to indicate
further refinements on the existing protocol as it is currently
specified in the Internet Draft.

Regards,
Charlie P.

> The question that came to my mind in reading this message is this: why
> aren't they using SLP (Service Location Protocol) instead?  It seems to
> have been designed for just this sort of usage.  Obvious answer is that
> SLP isn't deployed (yet), but you probably need some application uses to
> get it deployed to begin with, so when would this answer cease to be
> acceptable?