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user := NetUser new.
user fullName: 'First Last'.
user username: 'username'.
user password: 'password'.
user savePassword: true.

Now that you have a user, you'll need to actually add that user to the system registry. If your application is single user, you can go ahead and make that user the default user. If it's not single user, you'll need a way to switch users, and just toggle which one is the default. Here's how to set a user up as the default user:

Net.Settings  addIdentity: user.
Net.Settings  defaultIdentity: user.

Now you've got a user defined, and registered with the system. But what about setting the proxy server, and enabling proxy usage? Here's how you define a proxy server and hand it the appropriate user:

netSettings := Net.Settings.
netSettings httpUseProxy: true.
netSettings httpKeepAlive: true.
netSettings httpRedirectRequest: true.
netSettings httpProxyHost: 
	(HostSpec new
		name: serverNameString;
		port:  port asNumber;
		type: 'http';
		netUser: user;
		yourself).

That will set your application up to use a proxy server, with the appropriate user. To disable proxy usage without getting rid of the settings, all you need to do is toggle the httpUseProxy setting. That's pretty much it; it's not hard to do. This code is what BottomFeeder uses to set up proxy services.