Title :
General purpose proxies: solved and unsolved problems
Author :
Zenel, Bruce ; Duchamp, Dan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Proxies are becoming increasingly common. One use of a proxy is to address network heterogeneity, which can arise especially in mobile computing. In this setting, a proxy can process the traffic flowing to and from a network limited mobile host, damping the variations in application performance as well as providing other benefits such as reduced cost and increased security. We describe the issues we faced in designing such a proxy system, how we solved some problems, and why others could not be solved
Keywords :
client-server systems; mobile communication; network operating systems; portable computers; telecommunication congestion control; application performance; general purpose proxies; increased security; mobile computing; network heterogeneity; network limited mobile host; proxy system design; reduced cost; solved problems; traffic flow; unsolved problems; Computer networks; Computer science; Concrete; Costs; Damping; Filters; Mobile computing; Network servers; Telecommunication traffic; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Operating Systems, 1997., The Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in
Conference_Location :
Cape Cod, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7834-8
DOI :
10.1109/HOTOS.1997.595188
