Thread: Proxy Server

Hi Guys
Actually i wanted to know what are the advantages of a proxy server??? How to set up a proxy server. Is it feasible in BSNL connections??

What is a proxy server

A proxy server improves the performance and security of communications across a TCP/IP network.

Performance is improved because the server stores frequently accessed pages locally on it's hard drive. As a web page request is sent to the proxy server, the proxy first retrieves the web page header from the destination computer and checks to see if it has a copy locally on it's hard drive. If the file has been accessed in the past week, it serves the web page from it's own hard drive thus increasing the client's response time dramatically. If the destination web server's web page is newer than the copy cached on the proxy server's local hard drive, the proxy server gets the web page from the destination server while caching it locally on it's hard drive and sending it to the client. Currently, Internet North's proxy cache is 1000 Megabytes.

What are the advantages?

* Popular web pages are stored locally and served from our Yellowknife server
* Telecommunications traffic to the Internet can be substantially reduced
* Faster web page and FTP response times
* Better utilization of the limited bandwidth

it should work fine on BSNL Broadband.. you can try it

Proxy servers are normally used to bypas any isp placed restrictions to access certain ip addresses or domains..

I dont know what else one would use a proxy server for.. In India there is hardly any restriction in place except just a few websites and in my opinion they are best left lone as content on those sites is not something I would waste my time on.

how to set up a proxy server?

rurusam,

You will need a domain name first then buy hosting and then install a proxy site script on it.. Most shared hosts dont allow proxy sites.

Just out of interest why would you want to set up a proxy site? just for your own use? There are so many free proxy sites which you can use.

can state me a few proxy sites

anonymouse.org,kproxy.com
just type free proxy sites in google & you will get a lot of results.

ya you can get lot many free proxy links there in google but whats the use to use proxy at home connection.. hmy:

Some university hostels have university provided connections and they restrict users from visiting certain sites and at some places they dont even alow major social networking sites like orkut, myspace, facebook and a lot of other and these proxy sites are used by students from schools aswell.