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San Antonio, TX    February 22, 2001

Proxy Web Servers and Authentication > Proxies for Filtering

Other forms of filtering

Filtering based on Content-type headers; browser string headers
Prevent certain file types from being downloaded or stop specified web browsers from functioning.
Removing Cookie headers, ad graphics
Block personalization functions and web advertising. Protect privacy by removing identifying information from requests.
Virus protection on web requests
Scan incoming files for viruses to prevent them from being downloaded to local machines.
Character code translation
Translate web pages on the fly into different character sets.