Abstract:

A Web proxy server is a specialized HTTP server. The primary use of a proxy server is to allow internal clients access to the Internet from behind a firewall. Anyone behind a firewall can now have full Web access past the firewall host with minimum effort and without compromising security. The proxy server listens for requests from clients within the firewall and forwards these requests to remote internet servers outside the firewall. The proxy server reads responses from the external servers and then sends them to internal clients

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