On 29/01/2008, at 6:23 PM, Hal Murray wrote: > A proxy is a box that listens on one side and processes packets at the > application (web/HTTP) level and replays the requests out another > side. > Sometimes those "sides" are two different ethernet interfaces.
Yes, Mikus' configuration description matches an application proxy system rather than the conventional transparent proxy or NAT system. It is one of the most secure techniques, since the application proxies themselves are hard to attack. It has gone out of fashion though. As such, the XO software will not work well with it. We could do with someone working through the activities, Sugar, and the OS build to characterise the network connectivity demanded, and what happens if it isn't present. Perhaps this could go into the Wiki. But I don't think it is "core" ... as the school servers will handle it. It will be of use to those G1G1 users who have an application proxy. -- James Cameron _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
