Why do we need to setup a Proxy server for Internet connections even if we had a Firewall ?

Question added by Amir Ben Khelifa , Network Security Engineer , CNI National Center of Computer Science
Date Posted: 2013/11/01

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by Muhannad Kilani , Technical Account Manager , Panorama IT

proxy provide cache server , while firewall do not , this is the most left functionality left for the proxy server.

by Ashraf Abu-Mwise , Manager IT & MIS , Sharjah Airport International Free Zone (SAIF-Zone)

The main task of the proxy server beside the other task is to provide the users with Cache content. Which the Firewall can't do.

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