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> I do get the idea that the university would require a proxy for users > on its internal network to access the web. But is it really sensible > to do it the other way around, or is it as clueless as it looks to me > right now? It makes *some* sense. The university at which I am a graduate student has some electronic subscriptions to various journals (think IEEE and ACM, among others) that they make available for their students. The organizations that offer these subscriptions charge money for these things. By offering a proxy, the university can offer access to these electronic subscriptions to people on the network (inside and outside the university's network). Put it this way: a couple of weeks ago when I needed a technical paper for my grad school work, I was very appreciative of the fact that I didn't have to drive to the university library in order to access these electronic subscriptions -- I was able to get the paper from my desk at work. The system that I used wasn't exactly a web proxy {per se}, so, in general the rest of my network traffic didn't go through the university's network. Obviously, this wouldn't be ideal. I wouldn't characterize the proxy idea as being completely clueless. Regards, --kevin -- GnuPG ID: B280F24E And the madness of the crowd alumni.unh.edu!kdc Is an epileptic fit -- Tom Waits
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