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Anonymous Proxy Servers: Necessary or evil?
Oct 18, 2008, 12 :02 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5505 reads)

(Other stories by Bill Brenner)

""From a security perspective, hiding your true location behind a proxy definitely falls in the gray area of Web browsing," says Ed Ziots, a Rhode Island-based network engineer. "I use them to view questionable content from semi-trusted systems because I do not want the site to know the true origin of my communications when I am researching the latest exploits, exploit code, or new and up-and-coming trends in exploit research.""

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If it is shown that someone not using a  ...   By proxy--   
GH
Oct 18, 2008, 15:20:12
 
Isn't it funny (in an un-amusing way ...   talk about paranoia   
Carla Schroder
Oct 18, 2008, 16:58:11
 
> Isn't it funny (in an un-amusing w ...   Re: talk about paranoia   
Rufus Polson
Oct 19, 2008, 05:00:50
 
> Isn't it funny (in an un-amusing w ...   Re: talk about paranoia   
blackhole
Oct 19, 2008, 05:21:25
 
As a security person my natural first in ...   Two answers.   
Rainer Weikusat
Oct 19, 2008, 15:13:47
 
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