Designing & Implementing
Microsoft Proxy Server
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The Internet is becoming more than just a playground of the technically minded. It's becoming a place where many people and companies conduct daily business. Many individuals are looking for ways of connecting their networks to the Internet in a simple manner, and companies small and large are looking for ways to cut down on the costs of providing Internet access to their employees while at the same time increasing the overall control they have over the sites on the Internet their employees have access to.
The solution these individuals and companies are turning to is known as a proxy server. For years, UNIX users have enjoyed the flexibility that a proxy server could bring to a network, and recently many smaller companies have been developing proxy servers for the Windows environment. Now, Microsoft has developed its own high-powered proxy server for Windows NT 4.0 known as the Microsoft Proxy Server.
Microsoft Proxy Server allows an entire network to have access to the Internet through a single connection point even if this connection point is as simple as a dial-up connection to an Internet Provider. This book will give you as a network administrator the information you need to set up and run Microsoft Proxy Server to its fullest capabilities. Inside, you will find complete information on the principles behind setting up a proxy server for any size network as well as detailed discussion on how to configure Microsoft Proxy Server to do the job it was intended to do.
Microsoft Proxy Server has features which no other proxy server for Windows can currently claim. Microsoft Proxy Server can provide Windows for Workgroups machines, Windows 95 machines, Windows NT workstations, UNIX machines, OS/2 machines, and Macintosh machines with CERN- compliant proxy services which will allow such Internet client software as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator to connect to the Internet with changes to just a few internal configuration settings. As well as CERN-compliant proxy services, Microsoft Proxy Server can bring to Windows workstations the ability to allow nearly any Internet client to connect to the Internet through a proxy connection without any special configuration to the Internet clients. Windows workstations can have special client software installed on them which will allow popular Internet client applications such as Eudora, WinVN, WS_FTP, and nearly any other to use Microsoft Proxy Server to connect to the Internet.
If you are a network administrator or just an individual looking for an Internet connection solution for connecting your network to the Internet in an economical and highly controllable manner, Microsoft Proxy Server is likely to be the answer you are looking for.