separate 'functionalities' would be a correct statement. the correct
dictionary term of 'proxy' is to do something on behalf of. i'm sure you
know this already, but using that as a baseline thought of how a proxy
server works, would make more sense of it's capabilities. a good proxy
server will not overstep it's functions on behalf of another function. or
in otherwords to tweak one thing, you would have to adjust another
dissimilar function but crosses over somewhat.
what's interesting is since participating in this group, someone has sent me
an unusual packet, which of course i blocked. that person has a static
ip/hostname so it was easy to do an nslookup. i don't use a proxy server
but something else, the nic on that machine to the 'net has a triggerhappy
logging function to a remote lan server. tsk, tsk....
On Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:02:57 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> OK, this was my understanding as well.
>
> I think my confusion is based upon colleagues (that I normally consider
very
> astute) and firewall salesmen confusing the basic functionality of a
> "reverse proxy" (which is only for web forwarding) with the added
> functionality of an "application proxy" (which actually inspects the
> application layer).
>
> To my growing understanding, these two "proxies" are separate entities,
and
> that when referring to functionality, the terms should be considered
> exclusive of each other.
>
> Am I correct?
>
> Thank you for my enlightenment!
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