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| author | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2018-09-04 17:37:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu> | 2018-09-04 17:37:37 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/ds9/doc/ref/vo.html b/ds9/doc/ref/vo.html index 3547d42..161d998 100644 --- a/ds9/doc/ref/vo.html +++ b/ds9/doc/ref/vo.html @@ -1,69 +1,66 @@ -<!DOCTYPE doctype PUBLIC "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> +<!DOCTYPE doctype PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> - <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" - content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> - <meta name="GENERATOR" - content="Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-10 i686) [Netscape]"> - <title>Virtual Observatory</title> - </head> - <body alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#ffffff" vlink="#551a8b" text="#000000" - link="#0000ff"> - <h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" align="middle" width="100" height="98"> - Virtual Observatory Reference</h3> - <blockquote> - <p><b>Summary</b></p> - <p>Use the Web proxy connection if your firewall does not allow your - computer to connect directly to external computers. In this case, you - also must use DS9's internal browser.</p> - <p><b>Details</b></p> - <p>When you click on one of the Virtual Observatory servers in the VO - list, DS9 will attempt to connect to that server and (if the internal - Web display is enabled) display its Web page. The square box to the left - of the server name turns yellow while the connection is being - established and then green to signal success. </p> - <p>A direct connection is fast and flexible. Among other things, it - allows - you to perform analysis on your own local data (the VO server will - retrieve the image from DS9) and also allows you to use an - external browser to load images. </p> - <p>Some system managers configure their firewall explicitly to - prevent - computers in their care from making a direct connection to an external - host. Instead, they only allow external access through a Web proxy<br> - server (such as SOCKS). If you are using a computer behind a restricted - firewall of this sort, then DS9 will not be able to connect directly to - a VO server. The yellow box will not turn green and - eventually DS9 will display an error message. </p> - <p>In this case, you can choose to have DS9 communicate with the VO - servers through your Web proxy server. DS9 will use your proxy to send - its commands and retrieve its data and analysis results, rather than - doing this directly. Note that the following restrictions apply:<br> - </p> - <blockquote> <i>The transfer of data is slower.<br> - You must use the internal Web browser for loading images, etc.<br> - You cannot perform analysis on local data.<br> - There is a (large but finite) restriction on the number of - annuli, and number of polygon points you can specify in a region, as - well as the total number of regions allowed.</i><br> - </blockquote> - <p>If your computer and firewall have been configured to require use - of a - Web proxy server, you will have to tell DS9 about this server. - Click the <b>Configure Web Proxy</b> button and type the relevant - information into the boxes. (Your systems administrator will be able to - tell you the details.) At this point, - you should be able to connect to a VO server successfully. Please let - us know if you have problems! </p> - <blockquote> - <p> <i>A final note: you may, of course, choose to use the Web - proxy - even - if your computer and firewall are configured to allow direct - connections. In this case, there is no need to configure the proxy - server.<br> - </i></p> - </blockquote> - </blockquote> - </body> +<head> +<meta name="generator" content= +"HTML Tidy for Mac OS X (vers 31 October 2006 - Apple Inc. build 15.18.1), see www.w3.org"> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= +"text/html; charset=us-ascii"> +<meta name="GENERATOR" content= +"Mozilla/4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.7-10 i686) [Netscape]"> +<title>Virtual Observatory</title> +</head> +<body alink="#FF0000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" vlink="#551A8B" text= +"#000000" link="#0000FF"> +<h3><img alt="" src="../sun.gif" align="middle" width="100" height= +"98"> Virtual Observatory Reference</h3> +<blockquote> +<p><b>Summary</b></p> +<p>Use the Web proxy connection if your firewall does not allow +your computer to connect directly to external computers. In this +case, you also must use DS9's internal browser.</p> +<p><b>Details</b></p> +<p>When you click on one of the Virtual Observatory servers in the +VO list, DS9 will attempt to connect to that server and (if the +internal Web display is enabled) display its Web page. The square +box to the left of the server name turns yellow while the +connection is being established and then green to signal +success.</p> +<p>A direct connection is fast and flexible. Among other things, it +allows you to perform analysis on your own local data (the VO +server will retrieve the image from DS9) and also allows you to use +an external browser to load images.</p> +<p>Some system managers configure their firewall explicitly to +prevent computers in their care from making a direct connection to +an external host. Instead, they only allow external access through +a Web proxy<br> +server (such as SOCKS). If you are using a computer behind a +restricted firewall of this sort, then DS9 will not be able to +connect directly to a VO server. The yellow box will not turn green +and eventually DS9 will display an error message.</p> +<p>In this case, you can choose to have DS9 communicate with the VO +servers through your Web proxy server. DS9 will use your proxy to +send its commands and retrieve its data and analysis results, +rather than doing this directly. Note that the following +restrictions apply:<br></p> +<blockquote><i>The transfer of data is slower.<br> +You must use the internal Web browser for loading images, etc.<br> +You cannot perform analysis on local data.<br> +There is a (large but finite) restriction on the number of annuli, +and number of polygon points you can specify in a region, as well +as the total number of regions allowed.</i><br></blockquote> +<p>If your computer and firewall have been configured to require +use of a Web proxy server, you will have to tell DS9 about this +server. Click the <b>Configure Web Proxy</b> button and type the +relevant information into the boxes. (Your systems administrator +will be able to tell you the details.) At this point, you should be +able to connect to a VO server successfully. Please let us know if +you have problems!</p> +<blockquote> +<p><i>A final note: you may, of course, choose to use the Web proxy +even if your computer and firewall are configured to allow direct +connections. In this case, there is no need to configure the proxy +server.<br></i></p> +</blockquote> +</blockquote> +</body> </html> |