Zug 101: What is a proxy server?
What is a proxy server? Proxy Servers are servers that act as an intermediary between the request submitted by a client to a server for some services or resources and the request from that server. Clients can use different proxy servers based on what they want the servers to do for them. Proxy servers are used to protect the direct connection between Internet clients and the internet and the online sources they use. These servers keep the client's IP address hidden during any request is made to specific other servers. Internet clients and internal resources : Proxy servers also protect an internal network against the request from a client to get data from the server that it doesn't know about. The original IP address of the node stays secret when you get data from that server. Protects true host identity: Outgoing traffic may look like it comes from the proxy server. It has to be set up for a particular application, like HTTPS or FTP, to work well with it. How does proxy serve...