1<!-- Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. --> 2<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: curl --> 3# PROXY PROTOCOL PREFIXES 4The proxy string may be specified with a protocol:// prefix to specify 5alternative proxy protocols. (Added in 7.21.7) 6 7If no protocol is specified in the proxy string or if the string does not 8match a supported one, the proxy is treated as an HTTP proxy. 9 10The supported proxy protocol prefixes are as follows: 11## http:// 12Makes it use it as an HTTP proxy. The default if no scheme prefix is used. 13## https:// 14Makes it treated as an **HTTPS** proxy. 15## socks4:// 16Makes it the equivalent of --socks4 17## socks4a:// 18Makes it the equivalent of --socks4a 19## socks5:// 20Makes it the equivalent of --socks5 21## socks5h:// 22Makes it the equivalent of --socks5-hostname 23
