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Connection.

• Referer A "referer" is the information passed along by a web browser that references the Web URL you linked from to visit the web site. It is automatically collected by the web server. Reference address is sometimes required by a server to be specified in server requests (by default 'http://www.LinkUtility.com'). There are sites, which wouldn't load unless you have visited a specified URL before.
• Maximum number of parallel connections Set maximum number of parallel channels during the scan. Some servers may have restrictions on the number of simultaneous connection! If the server you use does not have any limitations on the number of simultaneous connections, you can modify this value in the range from 1 to 20.
• Connection retry attempts Set maximum number of attempts to connect to remote web-server
• Delay between attempts Set time to stay idle between connection attempts

Proxy

If your local area network uses a Proxy Server to access the Internet, you can configure Link Utility to use it. When running the program for the first time it checks Internet Explorer settings, and if you connect to the Internet via a Proxy server, it will detect it and prompt configuring these settings. Proxy servers are typically required on local area networks in offices. The program supports most standard proxy servers. To enable proxy support select Use HTTP proxy check box.

For the Proxy address , enter the hostname of your local area network proxy server.

For the Port field, enter the port number (usually 80, 8080 or 3128) used by your local area network proxy server.

If your proxy server requires authentication, enter your Username and the associated Password in the next fields.

Note: Most proxy servers do not require username/password authentication.

For most users the default settings will work without change. If you are not certain of the proxy server settings for your network, please contact your network administrator.

See also: HTTP Proxy

FTP

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is a common method of transferring files via the Internet from one computer to another. Many FTP servers are anonymous FTP servers which means you can log in with the user name "anonymous" and your e-mail address as the password. For this option program suggests default nonexistent e-mail address root@server.com. Other FTP servers require a specific login in order to access the files.

See also: FTP - Active And Passive Modes

SOCKS proxy

SOCKS is a networking proxy protocol that enables hosts on one side of a SOCKS server to gain full access to hosts on the other side of the SOCKS server without requiring direct IP-reachability. SOCKS server supports most protocols - HTTP, FTP, WHOIS, etc, while HTTP proxy supports only HTTP. If you want to perform Orphan checks , and your computer is behind a proxy firewall, you should configure the SOCKS proxy options.

See also: SOCKS proxy

Timeout

Set time limit for the program to wait, before restarting the command if the command cannot be successfully completed. You can set timeout limits for awaiting the response from the server and for the remote server information transfer.

Language

On this tab you can select one of the available languages for the program interface.

Availability

Availability scan is used to check the facility of access to your web-site. Anonymous proxies used for the Availability scan are addresses of proxy servers located all over the world and can be used to check the access rate to your site from different locations. If the access speed is too low you can move your web site to other web-server with better internet accessibility or with faster internet connection.

See also: Anonymous Proxy Server

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