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Using the Configuration Utility (continued)
Proxy Settings (continued)
To use the same proxy server for all
protocols, select this option and enter
the IP address for the proxy server in
the HTTP field. Other fields will be
unavailable. Enter the port number for
the proxy server.
Use the same proxy server for
all protocols:
HTTP, Secure, FTP, Gopher,
Socks:
if you are not using the same proxy
server for all protocols, enter the proxy
server address, either in IP address
or domain name format and its
corresponding port, for each of these
protocols.
HTTP:
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
is used to transfer files from a Web server onto a browser for viewing.
FTP:
File Transfer Protocol. FTP is most commonly used to upload and
download files on the Internet.
Gopher:
Gopher is an early Internet protocol that organizes files in a
structured list for database searching.
Secure:
HTTPS protocol is based on SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) technology.
It is a protocol for transmitting private documents over the Internet using a
private key to encrypt data. URLs that begin with HTTPS often use the protocol
to securely obtain confidential information such as credit card numbers.
Socks:
Socks is a proxy server that provides a simple firewall. SocksV5 offers
authentication.
Exceptions:
To allow specific IP addresses to bypass proxy servers, enter the
IP addresses here. You can also enter “wildcards” to allow a category of website
to bypass the proxy servers. For instance, if you enter www.*.com, the browser
will bypass the proxy servers for most Websites.
