Selecting A Proxy Server - HP 800 User Manual

System Configuration
Management Server
NOTE:
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Select names that are short, easy to remember, have no spaces or under-
scores, and the first and last character cannot be a dash (-).
• Enter a new address in the IP address text field. For example,
192.168.153.35
Enter a new netmask in the Network mask text field. For example,
•
255.255.255.0
Enter a new gateway in the Gateway IP address text field. For example
•
192.168.153.2
• Enter one or more DNS resolver IP addresses, separated by commas,
semicolons, or spaces in the DNS IP addresses text box. For example:
10.0.16.100,10.0.1.1
Click ok.
3.

Selecting a Proxy Server

Connecting to the Internet is necessary for updating tests, validating license
keys, and sending support packages.
To select a proxy server:
Home window>>System configuration>>Management server
Select Use a proxy server for Internet connections.
1.
2. Enter the IP address or hostname of the server that will act as the proxy
for Internet connections in the Proxy server IP address text field.
3. Enter the port used for connecting to the proxy server in the Proxy server
port text field.
If your proxy server requires authentication, select the Proxy server is
4.
authenticated check box.
a. Authentication method – Select the scheme used to authenticate
credentials on the proxy server. The following methods are
supported:
– Basic (not recommended) – The original and most compatible
authentication scheme for HTTP. Also the least secure because it
sends the user ID and password to the server unencrypted.
Digest – Added in the HTTP 1.1 protocol, this scheme is signifi-
–
cantly more secure than basic authentication because it never
transfers the actual password across the network, but instead
uses it to encrypt a "nonce" value sent from the server.