# Proxy Handler

This demo server has been configured as a proxy server for HTTP and FTP requests. If you alter your browser configuration to set this server as its proxy, then you can browse HTTP and FTP sites that are visible to the machine the server is running on. If you browse the other parts of this server, you will see two requests in the request log, one as a proxy the other as the real request. To demonstrate the proxy without changing your browser, the server will handle the following this link by translating it to a proxy request, then forwarding it to itself, where it will be handled as a proxy request by again forwarding the request to itself and accessing the Dump servlet. Careful examination of the debug trace or request log will be required to see this actually working. Note that request logs are written as requests complete, so the link above will generate three entries in reverse order.