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   bit-naughty@hotmail.com to Lew Pitcher   
   Re: Adult site blocking   
   24 Dec 15 11:27:51   
   
   On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 11:51:18 PM UTC+5:30, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   > B) The user's ISP implements a proxy web server and directs the user's HTTP   
   > requests to/through it. The proxy web server detects a request for a "banned"   
   > site, intercepts it and replies to the user with a canned "blocked" webpage.   
   >   
      
      
   Is this what they call an "intercepting proxy"? How does this work? It's   
   completely transparent to the browser, right? - it doesn't know the original   
   web server is not what it's talking to....?   
      
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