What Is A Linux Proxy Server?

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Callum

My friend was telling about this thing called a "Linux Proxy Server", i just wanted to know what it is and also if you can run a 24/7 Minecraft Server?

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A proxy server is a piece of software (or a machine running such software) that makes network requests on behalf of clients, possibly doing something to them along the way.

For instance, when I'm developing a website, I sometimes run a proxy server that accepts requests for webpages and then fetches the webpage from the normal server ⦠unless it is for the site I'm developing in which case it goes to the private development server instead. Other proxies might filter out adverts, or pornography, or keep a record of all the traffic, etc.

Linux is an operating system (like Windows or OS X) that is commonly used to run servers. A Linux proxy server is just a proxy server with a Linux operating system.

There is nothing stopping people from running minecraft servers all the time (other then the possibility of them crashing, needing to reboot, or suffering power failures).

Hello Friends I use Internet in office. When I download softwares/movies, linux proxy server records my IP MAC?

aman

Hello Friends I use Internet in office. When I download softwares/movies etc, linux proxy server records my IP Address and MAC Address. How can I prevent this. I want that When I download anything software or movies from internet the linux proxy server could not record or trace my IP Address and MAC Address. Please anyone help me.

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The simple answer: Don't use the office internet for personal use, especially not for illegal downloads.

How do share the internet on RedHat Linux server 4.0, with out using squid proxy server?Please Help me?

praveen_b7

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you want to setup ip masquerading. You can look for howtos on that here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/index.html

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

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