C# auto detect proxy settings

Question

C# 2008 SP1

I am using the code to detect if a proxy has been set under \"Internet Options\". If there is a proxy then I will set this in my webclient.

So I

Answer 1

First, GetDefaultProxy is marked as deprecated so you have no guarantee it will be around in even the immediate future. Second, Address can be null so the code you gave risks a NullReferenceException: