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Mention that proxy password is saved in plain text in configuration, since

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we've had a couple of indignant e-mails.

[originally from svn r3916]
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Jacob Nevins 2004-03-01 18:17:34 +00:00
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\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.74 2004/02/07 23:49:21 jacob Exp $
\versionid $Id: config.but,v 1.75 2004/03/01 18:17:34 jacob Exp $
\C{config} Configuring PuTTY
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If your proxy requires authentication, you can enter a username and
a password in the \q{Username} and \q{Password} boxes.
Note that if you save your session, the proxy password will be
saved in plain text, so anyone who can access your PuTTY
configuration data will be able to discover it.
Authentication is not fully supported for all forms of proxy:
\b Username and password authentication is supported for HTTP