Hi,
I have a question which I'm not sure is technical or not?
What is a "proxy server" supposed to do? And what is a "masquerading
machine" supposed to do? And how come "Winproxy" and "Netscape proxy
server" do both if they are actually separate services? Is it just a
"what's in a name?" case or is it OK to call something a "proxy" even if
it does both? I'm not talking of transparent proxies however. The
"Firewall+proxy HOWTO" has no info on this and the Masquerade HOWTO" is
hazy. The word "proxy" implies something which is near (and so it keeps a
local cache). Or does the word "proxy" imply something which is near (like
the whole of the internet as seen by a masquerade client)? I have been
thoroughly confused by a "Netscape proxy server" administrator on Irix who
has never heard of chain or forward rules or of masquerading but
administrates a masqueraded network.
\Indraneel
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