About support of Proxy Server Authentication

Proxy Server Authentication support is available for customers who want to configure and run Campaign so that all internet traffic is required to pass through a proxy server. This feature enables the Active-X component for Campaign to connect through a proxy server that requires authentication, and automatically pass (per-user) stored credentials. You can configure access through a proxy using the following authentication mechanisms:

Basic

Digest

NTLM (NT LAN Manager)

Negotiate (may resolve to either Kerberos or NTLM)

The actual version of the mechanisms supported is determined by the Internet Explorer browser.

About support for local area network settings in the browser

The Active-X component supports the Internet Explorer (IE) options for Local Area Network (LAN) settings for:

Automatic configuration, including options to automatically detect settings and to use a Proxy Auto Configuration (PAC) script as an automatic configuration script.

Proxy server, including options to use a proxy server for your LAN, to bypass proxy server for local addresses, and advanced settings for the HTTP proxy address and port as well as exceptions.

The Active-X component requires the PAC file address, if provided, to use either the http or https scheme (for example, http://machine:port/proxy.pac). Although IE recognizes the file scheme (for example, file://C:/windows/proxy.pac), the Active-X component fails to locate the PAC file if the file scheme is used. The Active-X component might also be unable to locate the PAC file if authentication is required, for example if the PAC file is served by a web server that requires authentication.

To set authentication credentials for a virtual data source named proxy