title: Maven proxy settings password
body: <p>I have been trying to set-up Maven for use in our dev department but come accross the same error I am convinced I have made an error within the settings.xml proxy section</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to point to our internet server by I.P and provide my credentials to allow access to the proxy</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;proxy&gt;
    &lt;id&gt;our-proxy&lt;/id&gt;
    &lt;active&gt;true&lt;/active&gt;
    &lt;protocol&gt;http&lt;/protocol&gt;
    &lt;host&gt;255.255.255.255&lt;/host&gt;
    &lt;port&gt;80&lt;/port&gt;
    &lt;username&gt;me&lt;/username&gt;
    &lt;password&gt;password&lt;/password&gt;
  &lt;/proxy&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I tried to use the documentation for password encryption but the meaning got lost in translation, if anyone has any links that could help or just plain knows the answer I would be very greatful.</p>