Variable: url-gateway-method

url-gateway-method is a customizable variable defined in url-vars.el.gz.

Value

native

Documentation

The type of gateway support to use.

Should be a symbol specifying how to get a connection from the local machine.

Currently supported methods: telnet: Run telnet in a subprocess to connect; socks: Connect through a socks server; tls: Connect with TLS; ssl: Connect with SSL (deprecated, use tls instead); native: Connect directly.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 29.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/url/url-vars.el.gz
(defcustom url-gateway-method 'native
  "The type of gateway support to use.
Should be a symbol specifying how to get a connection from the local machine.

Currently supported methods:
`telnet': Run telnet in a subprocess to connect;
`socks': Connect through a socks server;
`tls': Connect with TLS;
`ssl': Connect with SSL (deprecated, use `tls' instead);
`native': Connect directly."
  :type '(radio (const :tag "Telnet to gateway host" :value telnet)
		(const :tag "Use SOCKS proxy" :value socks)
		(const :tag "Use SSL/TLS for all connections" :value tls)
		(const :tag "Use SSL for all connections (obsolete)" :value ssl)
		(const :tag "Direct connection" :value native))
  :group 'url-hairy)