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JVS

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Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol data

File type: Various data file

A jvs file extension is related to the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol data format.

What is jvs file?

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: February 18, 2019

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The Web Proxy Auto Discovery Protocol, WPAD for short. An application connecting to the internet may search the local network to find information about proxies and rules which proxy to use when connecting to specific (i.e. local or remote) servers.

WPAD leverages a JavaScript file called wpad.dat that is located on a WPAD server. The file itself is retrieved using HTTP. WPAD has been implemented by Netscape in 1996.

Mime types:
application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig

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