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Subject: Re: Transparent proxies
From: Keinanen Vesa <vjk @ relevantum . fi>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:31:58 +0300 (EET DST)
To: Brian Rogers <brogers @ integctr . com>
Cc: Samuel Richardson <srichard @ abbotthpd . com>, Roger Davenport <davenrs @ chem . udallas . edu>, firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <Pine . LNX . 3 . 91 . 950414160559 . 5111A @ integctr3 . integctr . com>

Talking about transparent proxies and TIA
> Do you mean something that looks like a router but acts like a proxy? 

I think it's more like this: Looks like a router, acts like a proxy and 
doesn't need any changes on host systems.

> I've been wondering that myself.  Have you heard of TIA (The Internet
> Adapter)?  It's basically a proxy-router hybrid for SLIP users.  I've

It requires changes on hosts systems, so it doesn't count. I quess you
"adapted TIA" belongs in category of circuit gateways (like SOCKS).

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