General purpose proxies: solved and unsolved problems

Author

Zenel, Bruce ; Duchamp, Dan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

5-6 May 1997

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

92

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Operating Systems, 1997., The Sixth Workshop on Hot Topics in

Conference_Location

Cape Cod, MA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7834-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HOTOS.1997.595188

Filename

595188