Getting proxies to confess
Proxies are a very important component of any network. A proxy acts as an intermediary between other computers of the network and the Internet. In simple terms, this means that all the traffic entering or leaving the network should pass through the proxy server. Looking back at our previous chapter, we recall that logs can be a forensic investigator's best friend. Proxy servers can generate such logs that we can use for our investigations.
Roles proxies play
Proxy servers are usually deployed with a number of end objectives in mind. They can be used for the following:
Sharing a network connection on a local area network: Here, multiple users can share a single Internet connection.
Speeding up web access: This shared Internet connection that is accessed via a proxy allows the proxy to cache regularly demanded pages such as Google. This enables the server to immediately deliver a page that is in the cache, speeding up the web access.
Reducing band width usage: This...
