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+Proxy Auto Configuration is a means to use a JavaScript function to
+determine the proxy to use based on the requested URL.
+It is described in detail here:
+http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html
+
+Also implemented by this library are parts of the now expired Internet Draft
+at http://www.wrec.org/Drafts/draft-cooper-webi-wpad-00.txt about WPAD
+(Web Proxy Automatic Discovery). The discovery implemented discovery methods
+are DHCP and DNS "Well known Aliases".