Motorola MC40 - Configuring for a Proxy Server

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Bydefault,thenetworkProxyissettoNoneandtheIPsettingsissettoDHCP.See5.3Conguringfora
ProxyServer,page5-4forsettingconnectiontoaproxyserverandsee5.4ConguringtheDevicetoUsea
StaticIPAddress,page5-5forsettingthedevicetouseastaticIPaddress.
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5.3ConguringforaProxyServer
Aproxyserverisaserverthatactsasanintermediaryforrequestsfromclientsseekingresourcesfromotherservers.
Aclientconnectstotheproxyserver,requestingsomeservice,suchasale,connection,webpage,orother
resource,availablefromadifferentserver.Theproxyserverevaluatestherequestaccordingtoitslteringrules.For
example,itmayltertrafcbyIPaddressorprotocol.Iftherequestisvalidatedbythelter,theproxyprovidesthe
resourcebyconnectingtotherelevantserverandrequestingtheserviceonbehalfoftheclient.
Itisimportantforenterprisecustomerstobeabletosetupsecurecomputingenvironmentswithintheircompanies,
andproxycongurationisanessentialpartofdoingthat.Proxycongurationactsasasecuritybarrierensuring
thattheproxyservermonitorsalltrafcbetweentheInternetandtheintranet.Thisisnormallyanintegralpartof
securityenforcementincorporaterewallswithinintranets.
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