Is a caching proxy *just* for performance then with no security value whatsoever?
Chris On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 12:39:42PM -0800, Michael O'Keefe wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Block all ports, redirect port 80 to a caching proxy and only > >>allow that proxy access through port 80 on the firewall. > > > >What is value of redirecting all http traffic thru a proxy? > >That just lets the proxy view the traffic that passes by > >unless I'm mistaken. > > It's a caching proxy. So it caches it for you, and saves you hitting the > 'Net the next time you get the same thing.... > > > -- > Michael O'Keefe | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Live on and Ride a 03 BMW F650GSDakar| [EMAIL PROTECTED] / | > I like less more or less less than |Work:+1 858 845 3514 / | > more. UNIX-live it,love it,fork() it |Fax :+1 858 845 2652 /_p_| > My views are MINE ALONE, blah, blah, |Home:+1 760 788 1296 \`O'| > blah, yackety yack - don't come back |Fax :+1 858 _/_\|_, > > -- > > KPLUG-List mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- _______________________________________ Christian Seberino, Ph.D. SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego Code 2872 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 San Diego, CA 92152-5385 U.S.A. Phone: (619) 553-9973 Fax : (619) 553-6521 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
