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> <firstname
>Lauri</firstname
> <surname
>Watts</surname
> <affiliation
><address
><email
>lauri@kde.org</email
></address
></affiliation
> </author>

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><firstname
>Malcolm</firstname
><surname
>Hunter</surname
><affiliation
><address
><email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></address
></affiliation
><contrib
>KDE British Conversion</contrib
></othercredit>
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<date
>2002-02-16</date>
<releaseinfo
>3.00.00</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword
>KDE</keyword>
<keyword
>kdebase</keyword>
<keyword
>kcontrol</keyword>
<keyword
>network</keyword>
<keyword
>timeouts</keyword>
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<sect1 id="timeouts">

<title
>Preferences</title>

<para
>Here you can set timeout values. You might want to tweak them if your connection is very slow, but the default settings are appropriate for most users.</para>

<para
>Here <guilabel
>Timeout Values</guilabel
> are the length of time an application should wait for an answer from a network operation.</para>

<para
>You can configure the following timeouts:</para>

<variablelist
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Socket Read</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
> Sets how long to wait for a socket read operation. </para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Proxy Connect</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
> Sets how long to wait for a connection to a proxy server, if one is configured. </para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Server Connect</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
> Sets how long to wait for a connection to a remote server. </para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> <varlistentry
> <term
><guilabel
>Server Response</guilabel
></term
> <listitem
> <para
> Sets how long to wait for a reply from a remote server. </para
> </listitem
> </varlistentry
> </variablelist>

<para
>You can configure <guilabel
>FTP Options</guilabel
> here. At present there is just one option, <guilabel
>Enable Passive Mode (PASV)</guilabel
>.</para>

<para
>Passive &FTP; is often required when you are behind a firewall. Many firewalls only permit connections that were initiated from <quote
>the inside</quote
>. Passive &FTP; is controlled by the client, which makes it usable through firewalls.</para>

<sect2>
<title
>Section Author</title>

<para
>This section written by:</para>
<para
>Lauri Watts <email
>lauri@kde.org</email
></para>

<para
>KDE British Conversion Malcolm Hunter <email
>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email
></para>
</sect2>

</sect1>
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