Transparent Web Proxy in Mikrotik

Introduction

Web proxy, a service provided by mikrotik is placed between a client and the internet, specifically for HTTP web surfing. Only HTTP traffic is cached because HTTPS and FTP are not easy to cache. There are two main benefits to using a web-proxy.
1. Raising Security for client and network
Security is raised as the client is not directly connected to the website they are requesting data from. The client makes a connection request to the web-proxy and the web-proxy fetches the data on the client’s behalf. Therefore the internet is connected to the web-proxy interface, not directly to the client. Using a web-proxy also allows the possibility of providing other services, such as anti-virus scanning, content filtering and monitoring or reports on the websites being requested.

2. Enhanced Performance and possibly lowering costs for client and network

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