Monday, 24 November 2008

proxy server

Today we had a visit from a tutor by the name of Craig Green, he gave a talk on Proxy server. we then entered the web address. en//wikipedia.org/wiki/proxy server.
The information found is as follows
Proxy Server=( A computor system or an Application Programe) that services the request of its clients by forwarding to other servers.
A server that passes all requests and replies unmodified is usually called a gateway or sometimes tunnelling proxy.
Caching Proxy Server= accelerates service requests by retrieving content saved from a
previous requests made by the client or other clients.
Web Proxy=Focuses on www traffic. The most common use of a web proxy is to serve as a Web Cache. Most proxy programes(eg Squid) act as a means to deny access to certain U.R.Ls in a blacklist, thus providing content filtering.
A Content filtering= provides administrative control over content that may be relayed through the Proxy commonly used in commercial and non commercial organizations(especially schools) to ensure that usage conforn to acceptable use policy.

1 comment:

Chrissie said...

Hi Ann, Just a quick hello, coz its breaktime, but I'll carry on when we get back ok.
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