The US National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, defines a proxy server as “a server that services the requests of its clients by forwarding those requests to other servers.” ...

Is the site you try to visit down? Or does the proxy just fail? Are you sure it hides your identity well enough when it works? If you have special requirements and aren’t ready to settle for any proxy ...

A security vulnerability in the web proxy Squid can allow the software to leak credentials. An update corrects this.

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