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# The "Proxy" config tab

This tab allows to you configure Grip to communicate through a proxy server.

Figure 9. The "Proxy" config tab

- `Use proxy server` — Indicates whether or not Grip should do disc lookups via a proxy server.

- `Get server from 'http_proxy' env. var` — If this option is checked, Grip will check the 'http_proxy' environment variable, and use its value as the name of the proxy server.

- `Proxy server` — The name of the proxy server to use.

- `Proxy port` — The port to use on the proxy server (usually 8000).

- `Proxy username` — Some proxies require user authentication. This field is the username you wish to authenticte with.

- `Proxy password` — This is the password that goes along with the username for proxy authentication.

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