>>What exactly is a "layer 3 proxy for server publications" supposed to >>be?
I Would say this is how Microsoft ISA Works. You decide what resources you publish. >>> http proxy should be able to: >>> termination https connections (use http to internal servers) >>Why would you want to break https? To Decrease the load on the back end server. This is a feature of ISA. ISA is able to handle the SSL part and terminate it. >>> handle (s)ftp (maybe a separate component) >>Why would you want to break ssh? Who is talking of ssh ? Leo Goehrs

