UC Davis Cyber-Safety Program: Proxy Services
If you are a computer user within an academic or administrative department on campus, you may have a Technology Support Coordinator (TSC) who is working to secure your system. Before taking any of the security steps listed below, please check with your TSC.
From the UC Davis Cyber-Safety Program Policy:
"An unrestricted proxy server for use from non-university locations is not allowed on the campus network. Use of an unauthenticated proxy server is not permitted on the campus network unless approved as an exception to the campus security standards by a senior administrative official. Although properly configured unauthenticated proxy servers may be used for valid purposes (e.g. a caching proxy for local LAN users), such services commonly exist as the result of inappropriate device configuration.
Any proxy server for use from non-university locations must ensure that:
- All users are authenticated
- All users meet the criteria used to qualify for access to campus
licensed intellectual property such as online journals restricted to
UC Davis IP addresses."
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What is an proxy service?
A proxy server acts as an intermediary between your Web browser and
licensed Web resources.
Why is this important?
Unrestricted proxy servers can introduce security holes into otherwise
secured networks. A proxy server allows a user outside of the network
to access resources with the proxy server's IP address. Therefore, if
a campus resource is restricted to campus addresses only, an outside
user accessing an unrestricted proxy server may have access to otherwise
secured content. If a proxy server is necessary for legitimate operations,
it must be secured so that only authorized users can access it.
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