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proxy server

n
(Computer Science) computing a computer that acts as an intermediary between a client machine and a server, caching information to save access time
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Especially as the incoming traffic load increased, the less legitimate packets were dropped by the two firewall methods. However, when the traffic load was light, the two firewall approaches dropped slightly more legitimate packets (up to 4% more) than "no filtering" configuration.
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