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From:Gareth Griffiths
Date:21 Jun 2001 at 22:45:26
Subject:Re: What's going on?

Hello Neil,
On Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 7:51:58 PM, you wrote:

> Check out http://www.adslguide.org.uk

Will do. Been meaning to check that out after seeing it on the Zen ADSL
page.

>> Forgive me for sounding stupid, but what actually is a translucent proxy?

> A badly implemented transparent proxy :)

:)

> A transparent proxy server is where the ISP intercepts all access to
> port 80, the HTTP port, and redirects them through its proxy server. It

Aah, right. Makes sense really once you know where the "transparency" comes
from.

Cheers,
GazChap.



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