RE: [IUG] WAM/Proxy question

["Schweitzer, Kathy" <kschweitzer at ocpll dot org>]

Judy,
You may find your definition here:
http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.htm

Definition:
Proxy - The use of one computer or device to make requests in place of
another over a network. Proxies are often used for Internet security, or
to control connections. You can use a proxy or proxy server to pass data
between your internal network and the Internet. A machine on your
network sends a request to the proxy; the proxy sends the request to a
server on the Internet. Thus, it stands in for the computer on your
network--the server on the Internet never knows that the request is
coming from anywhere but the proxy. Thus 100 machines on your network
could all access an Internet server and it would look like the proxy
were making all of the requests. Some proxies have caching and site
filtering built-in. 




Kathy Schweitzer
Systems Administrator
Orange County Public Law Library
515 North Flower Street
Santa Ana, CA 92703
Telephone: (714) 834-6754
Fax:          (714) 567-9240

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[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Judith A
Schneider
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:35 AM
To: INNOPAC at innopacusers dot org
Subject: [IUG] WAM/Proxy question

Hi All,

We're getting ready to implement MetaFind and we need to start using WAM
to make MetaFind work. Our Innovative server is behind our firewall, so
I've avoided learning about WAM until now as we haven't needed it, and
my poor brain is too crammed with things I must know to add any extra
data to it.

I have only a vague idea of exactly what a proxy is or does. The
resourses I've checked that are handy don't have any information. Could
someone please send me a simple, easily understood explanation of what
proxy is, preferrably using 1-syllable words?

Many thanks,



Judy Schneider
US GAO Library
schneiderj at gao dot gov
(202) 512-4304
My opinions are mine! All Mine!

So many books .... So little time


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