Firstly, apologies if this is not the correct forum for my question. I couldn't decide where to put it.<BR><BR>I have a ~10 computer 100Mbit LAN at home, with a FreeBSD gateway running squid (WWW ...

A caching proxy server is a computer system or application that accepts requests for Web objects-such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) pages, images and scripts-and passes them on to a real Web ...

I'm looking to implement a web proxy that will serve something on the order to 3,000 users. If we can support IE and Netscape (regardless of OS) we should cover 99% of the clients. At this point all ...

VPN equipment maker Cyberguard has added intrusion detection to its security appliance designed for midsized business sites. The SME575 appliance, which already supports IPSec VPNs and a firewall, ...

Ever hear the phrase “clear your cache” and wondered about this voodoo magic? In most situations, people are probably referring to your browser cache so that you can see the latest data or content on ...

Protecting corporate internal networks from hackers, thieves, or high load traffic is a common concern. A typical security measure consists of placing an intermediary Web server, known as an HTTP(S) ...

How a Proxy Server Works Most explanations of proxy servers stay at the surface level – 'it hides your IP' – and stop there.