Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of Help/Preferences/Connection


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2012-07-26T15:39:52+02:00 (14 years ago)
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  • Help/Preferences/Connection

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    22= Preferences > Connection settings =
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    2323In order to use a custom URL:
    2424  1. Remove the tick in the checkbox for the standard API URL (see screenshot above)
    25   2. Enter the API URL
     25  1. Enter the API URL
    2626 
    2727Click on '''Validate''' to test whether an OSM API server is available at the given URL. If so, JOSM will display the icon [[Image(source:/trunk/images/dialogs/changeset/valid.png)]] to the right of the input field for the API URL. If the URL isn't valid, JOSM will display the icon  [[Image(source:/trunk/images/warning-small.png)]].
     
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    6767  1. Go to the tab '''Authentication''' in the Connection Preferences
    68   2. Select the authentication method '''Basic authentication'''
    69   3. Enter your OSM username and your OSM password
     68  1. Select the authentication method '''Basic authentication'''
     69  1. Enter your OSM username and your OSM password
    7070
    7171=== OAuth based authentication ===
     
    7474OAuth has two major advantages over basic authentication:
    7575  1. Your OSM password doesn't have to be saved in clear text in the JOSM preferences file.
    76   2. Your OSM password has to be transferred encrypted '''only once''' over the Internet, in contrast to basic authentication where your OSM password is transferred unencrypted as part of every request sent from JOSM to the OSM server.
     76  1. Your OSM password has to be transferred encrypted '''only once''' over the Internet, in contrast to basic authentication where your OSM password is transferred unencrypted as part of every request sent from JOSM to the OSM server.
    7777
    7878For advanced users, OAuth has additional advantages:
     
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    8383  1. In the Connection Preferences go to the tab '''Authentication'''
    84   2. Select the authentication method '''OAuth based authentication'''
    85   3. Click on '''Authorise now''' to launch the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard OAuth Authorisation Wizard] (see screenshot below)
     84  1. Select the authentication method '''OAuth based authentication'''
     85  1. Click on '''Authorise now''' to launch the [wiki:/Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard OAuth Authorisation Wizard] (see screenshot below)
    8686
    8787[[Image(oauth-preferences-step-1.png)]]
     
    112112
    113113  1. Go to the tab '''Proxy settings''' in the Connection Preferences
    114   2. Select one of the available options and enter additional configuration parameters
    115   3. Save the preferences
     114  1. Select one of the available options and enter additional configuration parameters
     115  1. Save the preferences
    116116
    117117[[Image(proxy-settings.png)]]