Customize Proxy Configurations

Many organizations block access from the Internet to their networks. This prevents outside parties from gaining access to sensitive information. The protection is called a firewall.

If your organization has a firewall, the browser may need to go through a proxy server before connecting your users to the Internet. The proxy server prevents outsiders from breaking into your organization's private network.

Default Network Proxy Configurations

Direct connection to the Internet. Choose this if your users don't have to go through a proxy.

Manual proxy configuration. Choose this if your users don't have a proxy configuration file. Type the name or numeric IP address of the proxy server for HTTP and FTP. Type each proxy server's port number in the Port field.

In the "No Proxy for:" field, type the names of any domains that your users can connect to directly, bypassing the proxy. For example, if you type "netscape.com", then the proxy is bypassed each time your users view a web page from netscape.com.

Domain names are the part of a URL that contains the name of an organization, business, or school—such as netscape.com or washington.org. If you use local host names without the domain name, list them the same way. Use commas to separate multiple host names. The wildcard character [*] cannot be used.

Automatic proxy configuration URL. Choose this if you have a proxy configuration file. Type the file's URL in the field and click Reload.

Feedback. Click this button to go to a web page where you can provide feedback about the CCK Tool.

Next. Each time you click Next in a CCK screen, the information you entered or changed on that screen gets automatically saved with the selected configuration.

Exit. Click this button to exit the CCK Tool. The customizations you have specified in any preceding screens will be saved, but information you have specified on the current screen will not.

7/31/2003