> Yes, WPAD (web proxy auto discover) is for locating a piece of javascript code specified by Proxy auto-config [1], which consists of a single javascript funct

> Yes, WPAD (web proxy auto discover) is for locating a piece of javascript code specified by Proxy auto-config [1], which consists of a single javascript function that is given the url & the host, and returns a proxy to use. So DHCP can cause my browser to execute code. That is … completely and totally insane. I'm not saying you're wrong, but rather that you're right about about a world gone mad.