Re: Arachnid browser

[Joshua Cicora <jcicora@udel.edu>]

in article 903u7b$bn3$1@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov, Geraldine Wright at
Geraldine.A.Wright.1@gsfc.nasa.gov wrote on 11/29/00 4:59 PM:

> Is anyone using the Arachnid web browser? I downloaded it and installed
> it, but it needs you to specify a proxy server to get it to work. Well, I
> don't know the proxy server address for the ISP I use (Earthlink) and I
> don't know how to find it out. There doesn't seem to be anything on the
> Earthlink web page about the proxy server. Am I SOL until a later version
> for the browser comes out?
A proxy server is a server that a user connects to that lies between him and
the internet.  It queues up frequently viewed pages for faster retrievals
and often has content filters.  Lots of schools use them for their internet
needs because of the filter capabilities.  Earthlink doesn't have one in all
probability, because that�s not the kind of service they offer.