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In computer networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource. [1] It improves privacy, security, and performance in the process. Instead of connecting directly to a server that can fulfill a request for a resource, such as a file or web ...
Anonymous proxy. An anonymizer or an anonymous proxy is a tool that attempts to make activity on the Internet untraceable. It is a proxy server computer that acts as an intermediary and privacy shield between a client computer and the rest of the Internet. It accesses the Internet on the user's behalf, protecting personal information of the ...
In computer networks, a reverse proxy or surrogate server is a proxy server that appears to any client to be an ordinary web server, but in reality merely acts as an intermediary that forwards the client's requests to one or more ordinary web servers. [1] [2] Reverse proxies help increase scalability, performance, resilience, and security, but ...
TLS termination proxy. A TLS termination proxy (or SSL termination proxy, [1] or SSL offloading [2]) is a proxy server that acts as an intermediary point between client and server applications, and is used to terminate and/or establish TLS (or DTLS) tunnels by decrypting and/or encrypting communications. This is different from TLS pass-through ...
A proxy auto-config ( PAC) file defines how web browsers and other user agents can automatically choose the appropriate proxy server (access method) for fetching a given URL . A PAC file contains a JavaScript function FindProxyForURL(url, host). This function returns a string with one or more access method specifications.
DNS over HTTPS (DoH) is a protocol for performing remote Domain Name System (DNS) resolution via the HTTPS protocol. A goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by preventing eavesdropping and manipulation of DNS data by man-in-the-middle attacks by using the HTTPS protocol to encrypt the data between the DoH client and the DoH-based DNS resolver.
Reduced Internet access bandwidth requirements since some web content may be cached by the proxy server. Simplifies recording and monitoring of user activities. Centralized web content filtering. A reverse proxy server, like a proxy server, is an intermediary, but is used the other way around. Instead of providing a service to internal users ...
Web servers often stay static for years, and while the open proxies hosted on it may eventually disappear, the collateral is not going to be huge if a dedicated web server stays blocked from editing. However, people can and do edit legitimately from web servers which are not open proxies. Depending on the nature of the IP address, block lengths ...