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Subject: http proxy on firewall
From: jon @ nytimes . com (Jon E. Price)
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 21:13:02 -0400
To: firewalls-digest @ greatcircle . com
Cc: baim @ itg . viacom . com, stan @ nytimes . com, gordy @ nytimes . com, dgbrown @ nytimes . com, theresa @ nytimes . com

Why is running the http  proxy "on" the firewall "not recommended".

Jon


>From: "Bai, Mario" <BAIM @
 itg .
 viacom .
 com>
>Date: Wed, 05 Apr 95 15:11:00 PDT
>Subject: FW: Proxy WWW through firewall

>Put the proxy *behind* the firewall, point the clients to it and >proxy over 
>the firewall (using something like socks) .... or *not recommended* >run the 
>proxy on the firewall, and point the clients to it.  Why did you >decide to 
>put the proxy outside the firewall?

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