Question

Describe briefly how the operation of a Web proxy server increases the performance seen by Web clients (browsers).

Answer 1

A Web proxy server works as a gateway between you and the internet. Proxy servers provide various functionality, security, and user privacy depending on your use or needs and the Website's policy.

There are several reasons the Web proxy server increases the performance:-

Privacy benefits:- Some proxy servers will change the IP address and other identifying information. Due to which the server doesn’t know who actually made the original request, which helps to keeps your personal data and browsing history more private.

Bandwidth savings and improved speeds:- By using Proxy Server Web clients also get better network performance with a good proxy server. They just copy the website and store it on your local computer(that's also known as cache). So when someone enters www.xyz.com, the proxy server check if they have a recent webpage stored in the local computer if it is present it will directly open it. By this Overall Bandwidth is saved.

Improved security:- Proxy servers also provide security on top of the privacy benefits. You can configure your proxy server to encrypt your web requests to keep our data encrypted so that if any third person gets our data it will useless for him.

Get access to blocked resources:- Proxy servers also allow web clients(Browser) to open content restrictions imposed by the government or any organization. For Example:- Is ww.xyz.com is banned? Log into a proxy server in the other country and watch and open www.xyz.com from there. The proxy server makes it look like you are in the Country A, but you actually live in Country B.