Proxy Servers

Proxy servers sit between the client and the server

Proxy Servers (Caching)
Proxy servers hide the IP of the actual client
Caching proxy servers speed up access to websites by caching frequently accessed pages locally (on proxy server)

Proxy Servers (Reverse)
Reverse proxy servers hide the IP of the actual server

Using Proxy Servers
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Edit | Preferences | Connection | ...

curl proxy (set environment variable BEFORE running curl)
$ http_proxy=proxy.ri:8080 curl -i http://www.osde.info

curl proxy (using command line switch)
$ curl -x proxy.ri:8080 -i http://www.osde.info


wget proxy (set environment variable BEFORE running wget)
$ http_proxy=proxy.ri:8080 wget -S "http://www.osde.info/"

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