In a previous episode Ian Cooper said...
::
:: In my previous message I was trying to find out whether the general
:: understanding of "transparent proxy" refers to a specific way in which
:: traffic is intercepted (i.e. intercepting network element) or whether
:: it is understood as a more general term. I'm still not sure exactly
:: what the general opinion is...
::
It's always been pretty clear to me that popular usage of the term is
as a device that becomes transparent at levels 3/4.. note that
sometimes it's a combination of things that's considered a
"transparent proxy".. for example a Cisco Redirector playing NAT-like
games bundled with a normal copy of squid together make up a
"transparent proxy".. while neither of them are that alone..
I've never really felt the term to be confused in general usage.. it
is however in conflict with the definition of rfc 2616.
-P
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