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** Bypassing filters and censorship
 
** Bypassing filters and censorship
 
** Logging and eavesdropping
 
** Logging and eavesdropping
* Improving performance
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* Improving performance by [[caching]] content
 
 
  
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[[Proxy server]]s:
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* <code>[[Squid]]</code>
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* [[Reverse proxy]]: <code>[[Nginx]]</code>
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* <code>[[Varnish]]</code>
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* <code>[[tinyproxy]]</code>, do not support cache.
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* [[Load balancer]]
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* [[Symantec proxySG and Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG)]]
  
 
== Activities ==
 
== Activities ==
* [[Network+/Architecture/Services/Reverse Proxy/Review list of available proxy servers]]
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* Use <code>[[ncat]]</code> as a basic http proxy server.
* Use [[ncat]] as a basic http proxy server.
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* Evaluate free open source proxy servers, such us [[Squid]]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_proxy_servers and commercial ones like [[Symantec ASG]] (Advanced Secure Gateway)<ref>https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/data-sheets/advanced-secure-gateway-s200-s400-s500-en.pdf</ref>
* Evaluate free open source proxy servers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_proxy_servers and commercial ones like [[Symantec ASG]] (Advanced Secure Gateway)<ref>https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/data-sheets/advanced-secure-gateway-s200-s400-s500-en.pdf</ref>
 
 
* Evaluate [[content control]] software available in the market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_content-control_software_and_providers
 
* Evaluate [[content control]] software available in the market: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_content-control_software_and_providers
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== Related terms ==
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* [[Router]]
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* [[Proxy ARP]]
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* [[OWASP ZAP]]
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* [[Webshare]]
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* [[SOCKS]]
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* [[Amazon RDS Proxy]]
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* <code>[[kubectl proxy]]</code>
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* [[Edge computing]]: [[Envoy Proxy]]
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* <code>[[cloud_sql_proxy]]</code>
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* [[CDN]]: [[Cloudflare]]
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* <code>[[wget --mirror]]</code>
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* [[Proxify]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[Reverse Proxy]]
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* {{Reverse Proxy}}
* [[VPN]]
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* {{Proxy}}
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[[Category:web]]
 
[[Category:Networking]]
 
[[Category:Networking]]
 
[[Category:Computer Networks]]
 
[[Category:Computer Networks]]
[[Category:IT Security| ]]
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[[Category:Proxy]]

Latest revision as of 12:47, 18 March 2024

Proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.

Common uses case are:

  • Monitoring and filtering
    • Content-control software usually based on different options:
    • Filtering of encrypted data
    • Bypassing filters and censorship
    • Logging and eavesdropping
  • Improving performance by caching content

Proxy servers:

Activities[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

  • https://www.symantec.com/content/dam/symantec/docs/data-sheets/advanced-secure-gateway-s200-s400-s500-en.pdf
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