Comments on: Proxy servers and federated search http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/02/proxy-servers-and-federated-search/ Covers topics in the federated search field. Fri, 16 May 2008 02:53:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Jonathan Rochkind http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/02/proxy-servers-and-federated-search/#comment-174 Jonathan Rochkind Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:04:25 +0000 http://federatedsearchblog.com/2008/02/02/proxy-servers-and-federated-search/#comment-174 It's worth pointing out that any federated search product will ACT AS proxy servers itself, too. In the sense that when an end-user executes a search with the federated search product, it is the federated search software on it's server that contacts the actual databases to be searched, not the end-users computer or browser. Of course, federated search is not just a simple 'transparent proxy', it is not just ferrying content un-altered between the user and the content/search provider. But it's still a proxy of a sort, in between the end-user adn the content/search providers! It’s worth pointing out that any federated search product will ACT AS proxy servers itself, too.

In the sense that when an end-user executes a search with the federated search product, it is the federated search software on it’s server that contacts the actual databases to be searched, not the end-users computer or browser.

Of course, federated search is not just a simple ‘transparent proxy’, it is not just ferrying content un-altered between the user and the content/search provider. But it’s still a proxy of a sort, in between the end-user adn the content/search providers!

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