For example, a proxy server lets a bad guy watch your network traffic on every network, wired or wireless. I’ve recently run across two virus-infected Windows computers.

This HOWTO describes how to protect your home or small enterprise network users from objectionable Internet content with help of HTTP proxy. Our goal is to set up a free, Linux-based server ...

Among other functions, proxy servers act as a sort of secure gatekeeper between your network and the Wild West environment that is the Internet. Our sister site, PracticallyNetworked.com outlines just ...

Both DMZ and reverse proxy servers protect Web servers from attackers. DMZ in computer security is an area between the organization's local network and the outside world. Similarly, a reverse ...

The Best Practices for Network Security Placement with a Caching Proxy Server. A caching proxy server is a computer system or application that accepts requests for Web objects-such as Hypertext ...