[dhcwg] ID on Proxy Server Configuration using DHCP

SENTHIL KUMAR BALASUBRAMANIAN <ksenthil@india.hp.com> Tue, 04 November 2003 20:31 UTC

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Herewith, I have attached a new draft on proxy server configuration option for
DHCP. Following is the abstract of this draft

Abstract

   This document defines a new Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
   (DHCP) option, which can be used to configure the TCP/IP host's
   Proxy Server configuration for standard protocols like HTTP, FTP,
   NNTP, SOCKS, Gopher, SLL and etc. Proxy Server provides controlled
   and efficient access to the Internet by access control mechanism
   for different types of user requests and caching frequently accessed
   information (Web pages and possibly files that might have been
   downloaded using FTP and other protocols).


Please go through the same and give me your comments.
I will submit this draft to the IETF once the queue is opened.