Re: ISA vs. Firewall

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Thanks for the valuable tips.
Steve

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
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> "SP" <anon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I guess my previous question sort of resembles the implementation of
> public
>> proxy server (only that we would set it up for private use).
>>
>> Now, as I'm checking out the list of these public proxy servers, some
> listed
>> as "anonymous", other as "high anonymity", and even "transparent", what
> the
>> differences on these ??
>
> First,
> I don't think a "public proxy" has any bearing or relationship to what you
> are doing.
>
> Second,
> It is just a bunch of "sales pitch lingo". It is probably a disaster
> waiting to happen. Many "public proxys" is just some poor guys proxy
> where
> he doens't even know it is happening because he has it misconfigured and
> doesn't know it. So people find out about it, it gets on a "list"
> somewhere
> on the Internet and people begin using it without his knowledge similar to
> spammers using someone's mail server because they don't realize it is
> misconfigured and being an "open relay".
>
> Some are put in place and advertized as a public proxy on purpose by
> "ner-do-wells" who then use the proxy to monitor and sniff your traffic as
> it passes through thier "proxy". People seem to think using a public
> proxy
> hides them from who they are connecting to (and it does) but they never
> remember to think about the people that run the "proxy" itself,...you are
> certainly not hidden from them.
>
> Information About Open Proxy Servers
> http://theproxyconnection.com/openproxy.html
>
>
> --
>
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
>


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