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[or-cvs] add man entry for HttpProxyAuthenticator



Update of /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc
In directory moria:/home/arma/work/onion/cvs/tor/doc

Modified Files:
	tor.1.in 
Log Message:
add man entry for HttpProxyAuthenticator
clean up http* man entries


Index: tor.1.in
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RCS file: /home2/or/cvsroot/tor/doc/tor.1.in,v
retrieving revision 1.86
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -u -d -r1.86 -r1.87
--- tor.1.in	27 May 2005 07:36:54 -0000	1.86
+++ tor.1.in	27 May 2005 11:57:52 -0000	1.87
@@ -83,15 +83,22 @@
 On startup, setgid to this user.
 .TP
 \fBHttpProxy\fR \fIhost\fR[:\fIport\fR]\fP
-If set, Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port,
+Tor will make all its directory requests through this host:port
+(or host:80 if port is not specified),
 rather than connecting directly to any directory servers.
 .TP
+\fBHttpProxyAuthenticator\fR \fIusername:password\fP
+If defined, Tor will use this username:password for Basic Http proxy
+authentication, as in RFC 2617. This is currently the only form of
+Http proxy authentication that Tor supports; feel free to submit a
+patch if you want it to support others.
+.TP
 \fBHttpsProxy\fR \fIhost\fR[:\fIport\fR]\fP
-If set, Tor will make all its OR (SSL) connections through this host:port,
-via HTTP CONNECT, rather than connecting directly to servers.
-You may want to set \fBFascistFirewall\fR to restrict the set of ports you
-might try to connect to, if your Https proxy only allows connecting to certain
-ports.
+Tor will make all its OR (SSL) connections through this host:port
+(or host:443 if port is not specified), via HTTP CONNECT rather than
+connecting directly to servers.  You may want to set \fBFascistFirewall\fR
+to restrict the set of ports you might try to connect to, if your Https
+proxy only allows connecting to certain ports.
 .TP
 \fBHttpsProxyAuthenticator\fR \fIusername:password\fP
 If defined, Tor will use this username:password for Basic Https proxy