Network Services - Proxy Servers

Question 1

Proxy Server

Answer 1

Devices that create a network connection between an end user’s client machine and a remote resource (web server)They provide:

-Increased network speed and efficiency
Provides a function called web caching by caching the websites previously visited.

-Increased security
Each proxy can be configured with acceptable and unacceptable sites

-Additional Auditing capabilities
Can record each and every request made by the user to go out to the wide area network