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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 index 55b0db5ba..2494ecc15 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_setopt.3 @@ -634,9 +634,11 @@ specified the exact same way as the proxy can be set with \fICURLOPT_PROXY\fP, include protocol prefix (http://) and embedded user + password. Since 7.21.7, the proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to -specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a:// or socks5:// to -request the specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http:// -and all others will be treated as HTTP proxies. +specify alternative proxy protocols. Use socks4://, socks4a://, socks5:// or +socks5h:// (the last one to enable socks5 and asking the proxy to do the +resolving, also known as CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME type) to request the +specific SOCKS version to be used. No protocol specified, http:// and all +others will be treated as HTTP proxies. .IP CURLOPT_PROXYPORT Pass a long with this option to set the proxy port to connect to unless it is specified in the proxy string \fICURLOPT_PROXY\fP. |