> I believe this is done not only to help secure the end users from > attack, but also to make it next to impossible for end users to do > things like host their own webserver, etc.
I don't think it's either reason. Having a roaming IP address (not the proxy address) in the first place disrupts the ablity to run a server, and disallowing incoming traffic would take care of attack scenarios in much more straightforward fashion. AOL is certainly not beyond these restrictions. Their proxies are used for invasion of privacy/access control, and the proxy array is a necessary byproduct. Proxies, despite the promise of caching, are a performance bottleneck unless deployed in load-balanced arrays. Only with arrays the size and "intelligence" of AOL's could performance compete with or possibly outstrip direct connections. -Sandy Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
