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title: Proxy Servers
slug: legacy-docs/proxy-servers
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createdAt: 2025-03-11T06:58:09.586Z
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This page / section pertains to **BrightAuthor Classic**, our legacy app. **BrightSign Author **is our latest app for managing content and players.

Development of BrightAuthor Classic has largely ceased and the app will eventually be deprecated and replaced with BrightSign Author.
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To configure BrightSign players to connect through a proxy server using BrightAuthor Classic, set up the server during the player setup process (in **Tools > Setup A Unit > Advanced Network Setup**). If you need to provide a user name and password for the proxy, you can enter it using this format: *\<user name>:\<password>@\<proxy server address>&#x20;*(for example, *admin\:root\@myproxy.com*).

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If the password contains a special character (for example, p\@ssword), validation will fail. Use the ASCII equivalent for the special character instead (for example, p%40ssword).
See [https://www.urlencoder.org/](https://www.urlencoder.org/) for ASCII conversions.
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  A proxy server can also be set manually using a script.