1. Re: Contests / Idea for a New Project
- Posted by gertie at visionsix.com Jun 19, 2003
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On 18 Jun 2003, at 21:33, 1evan at sbcglobal.net wrote: > > > C. K. Lester wrote: > > > > > Yeah, well, I still don't know what the heck an HTTP proxy is or should do. > > :/ > > http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/p/proxy_server.html > > A server that sits between a client application, such as a Web browser, > and a real server. It intercepts all requests to the real server to see > if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request > to the real server. > > Proxy servers have two main purposes: > # Improve Performance: Proxy servers can dramatically improve > performance for groups of users. This is because it saves the results of > all requests for a certain amount of time. Consider the case where both > user X and user Y access the World Wide Web through a proxy server. > First user X requests a certain Web page, which we'll call Page 1. > Sometime later, user Y requests the same page. Instead of forwarding the > request to the Web server where Page 1 resides, which can be a > time-consuming operation, the proxy server simply returns the Page 1 > that it already fetched for user X. Since the proxy server is often on > the same network as the user, this is a much faster operation. Real > proxy servers support hundreds or thousands of users. The major online > services such as Compuserve and America Online, for example, employ an > array of proxy servers. > # Filter Requests: Proxy servers can also be used to filter requests. > For example, a company might use a proxy server to prevent its employees > from accessing a specific set of Web sites. > > See the Server Types page in the quick reference section of Webopedia > for a comparison of server types. The difference is: That proxy type serves one ip and typically recieves incoming requests from only it. I want to recieve requests from everywhere, and relay to my ip, without them knowing my ip,,,, and those other things i mentioned. Kat