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  1. John_Berger

    What does a proxy server do?

    I'm not saying that you "shouldn't". This could very likely be a case of "security through obscurity" where they expect everything to go through the DHCP servers which might or might not be throttled. You might not be doing anything wrong. It's very possible that the server you specified is a...
  2. John_Berger

    What does a proxy server do?

    A proxy server can perform two primary functions: (A) web caching and (B) filtering Web caching means that rather than have your system go out to the Internet for pages that you access frequently the proxy server will cache those web sites for you. That way you access your proxy server...
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