In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other resource available from a different server and the proxy s...
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a web server that fetches pages at your request and stores them in its own memory - this is usually used in conjunction with a cache so that if you fetch the same page again, it will come from the cache rather than having to be refetched - if you have a number of users who are all looking at a similar set of documents (e.g. a class of students look...
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A server that acts as an intermediary between a client and the server the client wants to access. It is the proxy server that makes the request to the server of interest and passes back the response to the client.
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A firewall component that manages internet traffic to and from a LAN.
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A Proxy Server sits in between a Client and the 'real' Server that a Client is trying to use. Client's are sometimes configured to use a Proxy Server, usually an HTTP server. The clients makes all of it's requests from the Proxy Server, which then makes requests from the 'real' server and passes the result back to the Client. Sometimes the Proxy se...
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In an enterprise that uses the Internet, a proxy server is a server that acts as an intermediary between a workstation user and the Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control, and caching service. A proxy server is associated with or part of a gateway server that separates the enterprise network from the outside net...
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A system that caches items from other servers to speed up access. On the web, a proxy first attempts to find data locally, and if it is not available, obtains it from the remote server where the data resides permanently.
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On the World Wide Web, a server which `stands in` for another server, storing and forwarding files on behalf of a computer that might be slower or too busy to deal with the request itself. Many URLs (Web addresses) redirect the enquirer to a proxy server that then supplies the requested page. In 1996, the authorities in Singapore imposed ...
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