Whether you're in the office or on the road, a VPN is still one of the best ways to protect yourself on the big, bad internet. I've written a number of articles on VPNs, as well as ZDNET's list of the ...

Selecting the right type proxy server depends on the task at hand—whether it's data scraping, market research, or privacy ...

A proxy server is a special type of network node that alters packets that pass through it, masking their IP addresses and making it seem that the packets originated at the proxy system. Proxy servers ...

Proxy servers and VPNs may appear similar in function, but they’re not the same tool. A proxy sits between you and the rest of the internet. It routes your request through an external server, offering ...

Let's talk about proxy servers. Proxy servers are often confused with virtual private networks (VPNs) because their network architectures are very similar. But proxies and VPNs are very different ...

All Windows Server operating systems support Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) that businesses can use to assign IP addresses to computers on the company network automatically. DHCP lets ...

Providing a common gateway for web services, caching web requests or providing anonymity are some of the ways organizations use proxy servers. Commercial proxy products, especially cloud offerings, ...

Despite their shared name, forward and reverse proxies couldn't be more different in terms of their purpose, their implementation and the role they play in enterprise architectures. The key difference ...

I've spent years messing around with reverse proxies, but I invariably end up breaking something. If you run a bunch of ...