Drakproxy
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Drakproxy is a tool provided in the Network & Internet tab of the Mandriva Control Center.
If your Internet connections must (or can) pass through a proxy, this tool allows you to define the URLs of proxies for the FTP and HTTP protocols.
If you don't know the URLs, ask your system administrator.
Syntax for proxies with password:
http://username:password@host:port/
or
https://username:password@host:port/
What's a Proxy?
A proxy is a server that retrieves information from the Internet on your behalf, keeping a local copy of the web pages that are most frequently requested. They are referred to as “caching proxies”, and optimize bandwidth usage. In some organizations, you cannot access the Internet directly. You must pass through a proxy that authenticates you before allowing you to connect to the Internet. This is usually combined with a firewall that only guarantees the proxy direct access to the Internet. They are referred to as “authentication proxies”. In corporate or business environments, proxies perform both caching and authentication functions for performance and security reasons.
