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Thanks for the input. Verifies what I was thinking.
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Thanks for the input. Verifies what I was thinking.

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I manage 4 NOC sites and each one's traffic is filter by a Cisco PIX 515.<br />
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My boss has insisted that I set up a proxy server at &nbsp;each NOC. From my understanding of a proxy server it would be useless and possible harmful. Harmful in that it would slow down the traffic to or from the NOC. There are no users in the NOCs only servers that are accessed remotely for administration and by customer applications that need data processed and returned.<br />
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Would a proxy server be of any benefit? If so how?
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I manage 4 NOC sites and each one's traffic is filter by a Cisco PIX 515.

My boss has insisted that I set up a proxy server at  each NOC. From my understanding of a proxy server it would be useless and possible harmful. Harmful in that it would slow down the traffic to or from the NOC. There are no users in the NOCs only servers that are accessed remotely for administration and by customer applications that need data processed and returned.

Would a proxy server be of any benefit? If so how?

Is a proxy server useful on a network behind a Cisco PIX

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).

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Hardware-based firewalls provide more sophisticated protection for inbound and outbound traffic than the simple Windows software firewall or the basic NAT firewalls found in routers. These devices implement techniques such as stateful packet inspection, deep packet inspection, and content filtering; and may include built-in antivirus and anti-malware protection.