A proxy caches content, much like your web browser will cache web data in order to speed up access to that site the next time you visit it. A proxy can also mean anonymizing the server (a proxy server known as a reverse proxy) that actually stores content, which is the purpose of the Mobile Access service in Mac OS X and the reverse proxies that can be used on each site. The proxy in Mac OS X Server caches pages of a web site that are visited so that as each additional user of your local network visits the site they do not have to download images and graphics,…
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Using OpenDNS for Web Content Filtering
OpenDNS is a great tool for free (kinda’), community managed web content filtration. We see this used more in education customers than corporate customers, but essentially you point your DNS at them (or your DNS servers as the case may be) and they filter out different kinds of content. As is often the case with free apps, you’re not going to get all the features you might get with some other applications, but OpenDNS is a great start, especially if you’re not currently doing any kind of filtering. To integrate it is very straight forward: sign up for a free account and define the address for your network in their…