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Proxy Server Configuration to Block Website Access in Redhat

February 25, 2012   Linux   Author: 
Proxy Server Configuration to Block Website Access in Redhat
Proxy server is an intermediate server between client and server, it will filter the requests of client. Proxy is an one of the security. If there is a proxy between client and server, then we should resolve data from server only through the proxy server. There are four types of proxy Forward proxy Reverse proxy Open proxy Performance enhance proxy Proxy servers are used for many purposes, here we are going to see how to use proxy server to restrict the website access. In Redhat linux proxy server is also called as squid ( because package and service name used is squid)