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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v28 v29 1 [[TranslatedPages]] 1 [[TranslatedPages(outdated=This page contains information about OAuth which should be moved to [wiki:Help/Dialog/OAuthAuthorisationWizard])]] 2 2 = Preferences > Connection settings = 3 3 … … 23 23 In order to use a custom URL: 24 24 1. Remove the tick in the checkbox for the standard API URL (see screenshot above) 25 2. Enter the API URL25 1. Enter the API URL 26 26 27 27 Click 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)]]. … … 66 66 67 67 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 password68 1. Select the authentication method '''Basic authentication''' 69 1. Enter your OSM username and your OSM password 70 70 71 71 === OAuth based authentication === … … 74 74 OAuth has two major advantages over basic authentication: 75 75 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. 77 77 78 78 For advanced users, OAuth has additional advantages: … … 82 82 83 83 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) 86 86 87 87 [[Image(oauth-preferences-step-1.png)]] … … 112 112 113 113 1. Go to the tab '''Proxy settings''' in the Connection Preferences 114 2. Select one of the available options and enter additional configuration parameters115 3. Save the preferences114 1. Select one of the available options and enter additional configuration parameters 115 1. Save the preferences 116 116 117 117 [[Image(proxy-settings.png)]]
