Evaluation of Proxying
- Application level gateway
- Depends on specialised client programs or user procedures
- Can also work transparently with a help of a router
transparent proxy
- Sometimes also associated with caching (e.g. ftp, http)
- Most web clients provide built-in support for proxying
- Some services (SMTP, NNTP) are by default designed to work
with proxy-style gateways
- Proxy technology examples:
- SOCKS
- TIS
- Microsoft Proxy Server