What is a proxy server?
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Answer / srivatsa
A proxy server is an intermediary between the user's
computer and the computer they wish to access. For example,
if a user browsing the web requests a page from a web server
at a university in the USA, the request is directed to the
proxy server, which then makes the request from the USA Web ...
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Answer / prakash tiruvannamalai
proxy server is a interface between client and server
client- web broser
server- web server
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Answer / prakash kumar n g
proxy server is a server which is used for sharing
internet/intranet connection to multiple users. it has other
roles also like :
1.caching server
2.hiding private ip address from public ip .
3.it saves public ip usage.
4.it provides security.
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Answer / k bala ji
proxy is a server, its intermediate between web server and client.
purpose of proxy :
requesting some resource to the internet like games,videos,E-book..Etc
which are all available to the from various server it can be seeking for the resource from the cache its in hard disk.
if the resource are cached after the proxy server will return them to the client
if the resource are not cached the relevant resource bring to the client.
* sharing internet connection on the local area network
* hiding the our IP address
* blocking the website ....etc
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Answer / xcxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
proxy server is a server used to send information to many
users using single ip adress
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Answer / anuj goyal
Proxy server is used only for internet and as well as we
can use for mail,messsage from microsoft outlook.
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Answer / anil kumar
Proxy Server is Server where it will distribute the
Internet in corporate network.
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Answer / kumar
A proxy server that passes requests and replies unmodified is usually called a gateway or sometimes tunneling proxy.
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Answer / mohan
which will be used for internet services to the clients
in windows NT and linux they will call proxy
where has in windows 2000 onwords we can IIS also as a
proxy
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