Q1: How can I get the IP address of the machine I installed Sirid into so that I can connect to it from other machines?
A1: There are several options: You can use some program supplied with your operating system (ipconfig in Windows NT or ipaddr in Linux). Another option is to go to some webpage which tells your IP address, for example WhatIsMyIp.com. Once you have the IP address you can use Sirid from any computer by typing https://theIpAddress into the location bar of your internet browser.

Q2: My computer is not connected to the Internet and I only want to use Sirid locally (like any other program), can I do this?
A2: You can use the special IP address 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) if your computer is not connected to any network. So just type http://127.0.0.1 to the location bar of your Internet browser. (There is no need to use https on a local computer.)

Q3: How are passwords encrypted? Can I use my most secret password?
A3: Sirid stores only the MD5 hash value of the password. This means that it is almost impossible to obtain the original password and you can safely use whatever password.

Q4: The update doesn't seem to work. I'm behind a proxy firewall. Can I make the update work?
A4: Starting from version 1.10 Sirid supports HTTP proxy. In order to make the proxy work, add the following lines to sirid.conf (which is located in the Sirid installation directory):
proxy server=name_or_address_of_the_proxy_server
proxy port=http_proxy_port

Q5: I have added the proxy configuration as instructed above but the update still doesn't work. What is wrong?
A5: The proxy server may require authentication. Add the following line to sirid.conf:
proxy authorization=username:password
Replace username and password with appropriate logon information.
Note that the authorization may not work with Microsoft Proxy servers because they use the NTLM authentication scheme which is undocumented and officially supported only by Microsoft products. If you are using a Microsoft Proxy Server and the update does not work, do the following:
1. Download siridlocal.zip
2. Extract siridlocal.zip into some directory on your Sirid server machine
3. Open command prompt (cmd.exe) and go to the directory where you decompressed the zip
4. Type java -classpath .;siridlocal.jar;c:\sirid Update (if you didn't install Sirid into the default folder, change c:\sirid accordingly)
Note that all custom language modifications will be lost when using the local updator.