gecko-dev/netwerk/build
Polly Shaw 226a5beff6 Bug 356831 - Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP (option 252) r=bagder,valentin
This patch addresses an issue with Firefox's proxy detection on networks which
do not have their a proxy auto-configuration (PAC) file hosted at
http://wpad/wpad.dat, and instead make use of DHCP option 252 for broadcasting
the address of the PAC file. See https://findproxyforurl.com/wpad-introduction/
for an introduction to the protocol.

Prior to this patch, proxy auto-detect missed out the DHCP query stage, and just
 looked for a PAC file at http://wpad/wpad.dat


This patch only addresses the issue for Firefox on Windows, although it defines a
DHCP client interface which could be implemented on other platforms.

The high-level components of this patch are:
 * nsIDHCPClient.idl - this is an interface which has been defined for querying the
   DHCP server.
 * nsPACMan.cpp - where previously when the PAC URL was simply set to a constant of
   http://wpad/wpad.dat, it now dispatches an asynchronous command to the proxy
   thread. The class ExecutePACThreadAction has been augmented to include an
   instruction to 'ConfigureWPAD' (Configure Web-proxy auto-detect), and a new class,
   'ConfigureWPADComplete' has been created to relay the result (the URL of the PAC
   file) back to the nsPACMan object.
 * nsProtocolProxyService.cpp
   Minor changes to reflect the fact that the PAC URL not being set does not always
   mean there is no PAC to be used; instead it could be in the process of being
   detected.
 * TestPACMan.cpp
   This is a new file, and tests only the DHCP auto-detect functionality.
   Some tests use multiple threads, as they test the non-blocking proxy detection.
 * DHCPUtils.cpp
   A class containing the main logic for querying DHCP.
 * WindowsNetworkFunctionsWrapper.cpp
   A very thin wrapper around the Windows API calls needed by DHCPUtils.
   This class was introduced so it could be mocked out in tests.
 * nsWindowsDHCPClient.cpp
 * An implementation of the interface defined in nsIDHCPClient.idl. Fairly thin:
   most logic is implemented in DHCPUtils.
 * TestDHCPUtils.cpp
   Tests for DHCPUtils and nsWindowsDHCPClient

MozReview-Commit-ID: 4xFQz3tOLEx

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moz.build Bug 1408957 - Remove netwerk/protocol/device/ (no longer used) r=dragana 2017-10-16 12:12:16 +02:00
nsNetCID.h Bug 356831 - Proxy autodiscovery doesn't check DHCP (option 252) r=bagder,valentin 2018-06-07 23:07:28 +01:00
nsNetModule.cpp Bug 1471628 - Use singleton for captive portal constructor r=bagder 2018-07-02 15:30:33 +02:00