what is proxy server ...??? enter if you dont know ... - HYIPs Talk

ahmedmarz · #1 (**permalink**) 05-23-2007, 07:58 PM

proxy server

A server that sits between a client application, such as a Web browser, and a real server. It intercepts all requests to the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request to the real server.
Proxy servers have two main purposes:

Improve Performance: Proxy servers can dramatically improve performance for groups of users. This is because it saves the results of all requests for a certain amount of time. Consider the case where both user X and user Y access the World Wide Web through a proxy server. First user X requests a certain Web page, which we'll call Page 1. Sometime later, user Y requests the same page. Instead of forwarding the request to the Web server where Page 1 resides, which can be a time-consuming operation, the proxy server simply returns the Page 1 that it already fetched for user X. Since the proxy server is often on the same network as the user, this is a much faster operation. Real proxy servers support hundreds or thousands of users. The major online services such as America Online, MSN and Yahoo, for example, employ an array of proxy servers.
Filter Requests: Proxy servers can also be used to filter requests. For example, a company might use a proxy server to prevent its employees from accessing a specific set of Web sites

delphi32 · #2 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 05:56 AM

Proxy servers have two main purposes: <-- i think it has three main purposes.
the third purpose is to hide our identity on internet and become an anonymous surfer, this is mostly used when we dont want other to reveal our private information

honkuz · #3 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 10:42 AM

some one said we can use it to get in some that don't allow some IP. i hate this kind of site very much. They need us or we need them? with the world wide information. there are many way to get the same info that they have.

karen_6150 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 05:53 AM

If were using dynamic isp does it mean that we are using proxy server as well?. I thought it only applies to internet connections or dial up programs?. Most of the people that have ip blocked in e-gold reasons are mostly proxy server.