proxy gateway
proxy gateway
(networking)A computer and associated software which will
pass a request for a URL from a World-Wide Web browser
such as Firefox to an outside web server and return the
results. This provides clients that are sealed off from the
Internet a trusted agent that can access the Internet on
their behalf. Once the client is properly configured, its
user should not be aware of the proxy gateway.
A proxy gateway often runs on a firewall machine. Its main purpose is to act as a barrier to the threat of crackers. It may also be used to hide the IP addresses of the computers inside the firewall from the Internet if they do not use official registered network numbers.
Web browsers can be configured to use a different proxy or no proxy for each URL access method (or "scheme") - FTP, Gopher, WAIS, news, and HTTP.
Mosaic and proxy gateways.
Compare proxy server.
A proxy gateway often runs on a firewall machine. Its main purpose is to act as a barrier to the threat of crackers. It may also be used to hide the IP addresses of the computers inside the firewall from the Internet if they do not use official registered network numbers.
Web browsers can be configured to use a different proxy or no proxy for each URL access method (or "scheme") - FTP, Gopher, WAIS, news, and HTTP.
Mosaic and proxy gateways.
Compare proxy server.