Centralized Web Proxy Services: Security and Privacy Considerations

Authors:
Guy-Vincent Jourdan
Affiliations:
University of Ottawa
Venue:
IEEE Internet Computing
Year:
2007

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Abstract

The widespread use of centrally controlled, externally run Web proxy services has several potential security issues related to privacy and deception, intranet information disclosure, and the creation of a single point of failure for widespread attacks. The author evaluates the security implications of such a Web proxy service from the viewpoints of users, organizations, and content providers. The discussion is illustrated with an analysis of Google's Web Accelerator, a free Web proxy service.