![]() ![]() When IT folks (or parents) are looking to monitor or control or track network access.Ģ) A proxy "regulates" what traffic is passed between machines?Ī proxy can enforce access, or can cache access, yes. Proxies are used in school and corporate environments, and as a mechanism to implement "network nanny" or parental controls, or when information leakage involving sensitive or classified data, or personal or credit card data, or other sensitive data is involved. Hi guys.thanks for the responses.sorry to be so dense on this matter.ġ) So normally, there ISN'T a proxy being used? (I don't think we were ever using one prior to the deployment of our server)Ģ) A proxy "regulates" what traffic is passed between machines? So no proxy in effect means traffic goes unchecked between computers.?ģ) Where does a proxy take effect? At the Router/Gateway? The Server? or individual machines?Ĥ) Obviously I have inadvertently set up a proxy somehow over the weekend that won't allow some Safari users to get out of the building.ĥ) So where the heck did those changes get made?Ħ) In the safari preferences, the change option is greyed out.Yes, I can get to the network proxy area (nothing is checked at this point).and I see an area in server admin that also addresses the use of a proxy.ħ) I'm just not sure what do to at this point.I'll take more time (which is running out) to read through the server docs.(classes will be making use of the lab tomorrow-i'm testing with a few students right now).Ĩ) If you have any more immediate thoughts I'd definitely appreciate it!ġ) So normally, there ISN'T a proxy being used? But for an isolated activation? This particular case of "how" is certainly something that could be attributed to an accidental button-push, for instance. If this proxy switch setting is somehow stuck, or if the switch indicates that the current proxy processing is disabled, or if the switch somehow becomes enabled again, then this "how" can be worth researching. ![]() It would seem most expedient to skip the "how" and determine where the setting has been enabled, and disable it. I just don't understand why after a year of not using a proxy server, all of a sudden we need to have one? And this issue came about when Safari was unable to "connect to the proxy server". ![]() Without a proxy server around, you'll be routing traffic via your normal IP gateway host out to your upstream ISP provider all traffic will be via your existing IP network routing. If you are the local IT staff (and as it appears) and you don't know about a proxy server and if your other web clients here are not using a proxy server (as it appears), then you likely don't have one, and thus don't want the proxy setting enabled. A proxy server is an explicit choice that you make and that you maintain. What I'm just not understanding is WHAT proxy do I use? I see all kinds of proxy servers out there but is there a specific one I should be using?Ī proxy server is usually locally established and maintained within your own particular organizational entity. ![]()
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