In computer networking, a proxy server is a server application that acts as an intermediary between a client requesting a resource and the server providing that resource.
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12 Facts About Proxy server
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The response from the proxy server is returned as if it came directly from the original server, leaving the client with no knowledge of the original server.
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For example, a server using IP-based geolocation to restrict its service to a certain country can be accessed using a proxy located in that country to access the service.
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Caching proxy server accelerates service requests by retrieving the content saved from a previous request made by the same client or even other clients.
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Proxy server that is designed to mitigate specific link related issues or degradation is a Performance Enhancing Proxy server .
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Translation proxy is a proxy server that is used to localize a website experience for different markets.
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Proxy server can be used to automatically repair errors in the proxied content.
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The destination server receives requests from the anonymizing proxy server and thus does not receive information about the end user's address.
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Proxy server can keep the internal network structure of a company secret by using network address translation, which can help the security of the internal network.
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Proxy server concept refers to a layer 7 application in the OSI reference model.
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However, for the client configuration of a layer 7 proxy, the destination of the packets that the client generates must always be the proxy server, then the proxy server reads each packet and finds out the true destination.
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