<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Jonathan</firstname><surname>Riddell</surname><affiliation><address><email>kde-en-gb@jriddell.org</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit>
<para>Proxies are programs running on a computer that acts a server on the network you are connected to (whether by modem or other means). These programs receive &HTTP; and &FTP; requests, retrieve the relevant files from the internet, and pass them on to the client computer that made the requests.</para>
<para>When you have configured a proxy, &HTTP; and/or &FTP; requests are re-routed through the computer that is acting as a proxy server. However, you can also select specific hosts which should be contacted directly, rather than through the proxy server. If you are on a local network, for example, access to local hosts probably doesn't need to go through a proxy server.</para>
<para>You should only need to configure a proxy server if your network administrator requires it (if you are a dial-up user, that would be your internet service provider or <acronym>ISP</acronym>). Otherwise, especially if you are feeling a bit confused about this proxy business, but everything seems to be fine with your internet connection, you don't need to change anything.</para>
<para>If you are uncertain whether or not you need to use a proxy server to connect to the internet, please consult with your internet service provider's setup guide or your system administrator.</para>
<para>Select this option if you want the proxy setup configuration script file to be automatically detected and downloaded.</para>
<para>This option only differs from the next choice in that it <emphasis>does not</emphasis> require you to supply the location of the configuration script file. Instead, it will be automatically downloaded using <quote>Web Access Protocol Discovery</quote> (<acronym>WAPD</acronym>).</para>
<note><para>If you have a problem using this setup, please consult the <acronym>FAQ</acronym> section at <ulink url="http://www.konqueror.org">http://www.konqueror.org</ulink> for more information.</para></note>
<para>Select this option if your proxy support is provided through a script file located at a specific address. You can then enter the address in the location text box, or use the <guiicon>folder</guiicon> icon to browse to it.</para>
<para>Some systems are setup with $<envar>HTTP_PROXY</envar> to allow graphical as well as non-graphical applications to share the same proxy configuration information.</para>
<para>If you know this applies to you, select this option and click on the <guibutton>Setup...</guibutton> button to provide the environment variable names used to set the address of the proxy server(s).</para>
<para>Select this option, and click on the <guibutton>Setup...</guibutton> to manually setup the location of the proxy servers to be used.</para>
<para>If you choose this option, another dialogue will pop up.</para>
<para>The complete addressing information for the proxy includes both the internet address and a port number. You should enter these into the relevant text boxes. The <guiicon>arrow</guiicon> button copies the information from the <guilabel>HTTP</guilabel> line to the <guilabel>FTP</guilabel> line, in order to help save some typing.</para>
<para>If there are hosts which you can connect to without going through the proxy server, you can press <guibutton>Add</guibutton> to add the names of these hosts, separated by in the text box labelled <guilabel>No Proxy For:</guilabel>. For example, hosts that are on your local network can probably be contacted directly.</para>
<para>You can also choose <guilabel>Only use proxy for entries in this list</guilabel>.</para>
<para>Check this box to reverse the use of the exception list, &ie; the proxy servers will only be used when the requested &URL; matches one of the addresses listed here.</para>
<para>This features is useful if all you need is a proxy to access a few specific sites, for example, an internal intranet. If you have more complex requirements you might want to use a configuration script.</para>
<para>Here you can choose between two types of authentication, if your proxy requires it. You can have <guilabel>Prompt as needed</guilabel>, the default, in which case &konqueror; will only ask for a username or password if it needs to.</para>
<para>The other option is <guilabel>Use automatic login</guilabel>. Select this option if you have already set up a login entry for your proxy server in the <filename>$<envar>TDEDIR</envar>/share/config/kionetrc</filename> file.</para>
