> Cut-through Proxies on the PIX appear to the user to work in a somewhat
> similar way. When the PIX detects a new session starting of a protocol
> which is knows about, it will complete the session and ask for proper
> authentication. The protocols which we currently support are telnet,
> ftp, and http. So, as the same example, when you telnet to something on
> the Internet (unlike the typical proxy firewalls, you will use the IP
> address of the actual device you want to get to; not the address of the
> PIX), the PIX will get in the way of the session and ask for
I had always heard such described as "transparent proxying"
-- craig
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