Anonymous Proxies to be Blocked by New Technology
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, Aug 8, 2007

Anonymizers are Web sites that allow Internet users to connect to the Web through an external Web site, thereby bypassing any restrictions typically enforced on the local network. This bypass mechanism, actually designed for safe Web surfing, proves to be dangerous for business, schools, and other organizations, because it opens computers to all malware. Since proxy servers change URL addresses, it is not possible for URL filters to keep up with elusive proxy servers.

However, Internet users can set their worries aside with the launch of Aladdin Knowledge Systems' technology. This technology is expected to block 100% of anonymous proxies, and at the same time keep computers free from viruses, spy ware, worms, and other malicious threats, thereby enabling users to leave their network protected.

The anti-anonymizer technology - a part of the Aladdin eSafe secure Web gateway product - takes advantage of content security to filter out anonymizers that allow users to circumvent an Internet gateway and infect networks with malicious software. This anti-anonymizer solution is now available to existing and new eSafe customers without additional charge.

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