Client-side proxies	Master's thesis, May 2000	Tomas Viberg
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Client-side proxies

- a better way to individualise the Internet?

Master's thesis¹

Tomas Viberg

Department of Computer and Systems Sciences

Stockholm University / Royal Institute of Technology

Stockholm, Sweden - May 2000

1. This thesis corresponds to 20 weeks of full-time work.

Table of contents

Abstract
1 Introduction
   1.1 Aim and scope of this thesis
   1.2 Purpose of examining client-side proxies
   1.3 Contributions from this thesis
   1.4 Thesis outline
2 Background
   2.1 The original proxy
   2.2 A more versatile approach
   2.3 Some examples
   2.4 Proxies in mobile environments
   2.5 A great diversity
3 Method
   3.1 Precision of measurement
   3.2 Objectivity
   3.3 Method in action
4 Task-oriented evaluation
   4.1 Protecting privacy
   4.2 Collaborative rating
   4.3 Improving performance
   4.4 Filtering news
   4.5 Blocking content
5 Existing client-side proxies
   5.1 User interaction
   5.2 Application architecture
6 Blueberry
   6.1 Goals and design choices
   6.2 Limitations
   6.3 Blueberry architecture
   6.4 BackLink
7 Conclusions
   7.1 Use client-side proxies or not?
   7.2 Today and tomorrow
   7.3 Who will use a client-side proxy?
   7.4 Further research
8 References

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