Free Software Server Environment: Proxy Servers

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wget proxy (set environment variable BEFORE running wget)

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wget proxy (set environment variable BEFORE running curl)

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Edited on 2006-09-06 06:35:19 by FsseInfo

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wget proxy (set environment variable BEFORE running curl)

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wget

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Edited on 2006-09-06 06:32:46 by FsseInfo

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$ http_proxy=proxy.ri:8080 wget -S "http://www.osde.info/∞"

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The oldest known version of this page was edited on 2006-09-06 05:27:53 by FsseInfo

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

Browser
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

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