Specify Additional Authentication Data

When you define an external collection, you may need to specify additional authentication information, including the following details.

• Form data, so that the content acquisition process can properly complete any html-based forms to supply information that the websites requires in order to access content.

• Proxy server information, so that content acquisition can use an HTTP proxy server to access the content.

• Cookie values, so that content acquisition can supply required cookies to maintain a session or state while accessing content.