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1. What is the transparent proxy?
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The client / browser does not need to configure a proxy and cannot directly detect that its requests are being proxied via squid or other proxy server.
Linux: Setup a transparent proxy with Squid in three easy steps
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2.Can a squid proxy server is used as DNS, if yes how?
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No, you need to use caching dns or use ISP dns.
How To Set Caching DNS Server
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3.Is swap partition mandatory in any installation, and why it is necessary to define at the time of installation?
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Yes, it is used to improve performance. Most installer force to create swap partition. You can install Linux w/o swap if you have tons of ram.
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4.can Apache be use as proxy server? how? What is reverse proxy?
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A reverse proxy is a proxy server that is installed in the neighborhood of one or more web servers. All traffic coming from the Internet and with a destination of one of the web servers goes through the proxy server. Apache has mod_proxy for proxy support.
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5.What is the ssh version you are using. What are the drawbacks of ssh?
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No drawbacks,
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.6 What is the difference between ssh version 1 and 2?
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SSH Frequently Asked Questions