Bug 263369: improve explanation of 'proxy'. r=jwalden

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Contributors: Contributors:
David Tenser <tenser@comhem.se> (original author) David Tenser <tenser@comhem.se> (original author)
Steffen Wilberg <steffen.wilberg@web.de>
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<p><img width="275" height="296" alt="Connection Settings Dialog" <p><img width="275" height="296" alt="Connection Settings Dialog"
src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0/opt_connection.png"/></p> src="http://mozilla.org/projects/firefox/help/1.0/opt_connection.png"/></p>
<p>Many organizations block access from the Internet to their networks. <p>Your organization or internet service provider may offer or require you
This prevents outside parties from gaining access to sensitive to use a proxy. A proxy acts as an intermediary between your computer and
information. The protection is called a firewall.</p> the Internet. It intercepts all requests to the Internet to see if it can
<p>If your organization has a firewall, the browser may need to go through fulfill the request using its cache. Proxies are used to improve
a proxy server before connecting you to the Internet. The proxy server performance, filter requests, and hide your computer from the Internet to
prevents outsiders from breaking into your organization's private improve security. Proxies are often part of a corporate firewall.</p>
network.</p>
<strong>Configure Proxies to Access the Internet</strong> <strong>Configure Proxies to Access the Internet</strong>
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you can do so here. You will most likely only need to change this if your you can do so here. You will most likely only need to change this if your
Internet environment requires it.</p> Internet environment requires it.</p>
<div class="contentsBox"><em>06 October 2004</em></div> <div class="contentsBox"><em>12 October 2004</em></div>
<p>Copyright &copy; 2003-2004 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p> <p>Copyright &copy; 2003-2004 Contributors to the Mozilla Help Viewer Project.</p>
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