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The URLs on some Swem webpages look different. What is that extra bit in front of the link?

April 26, 2017bit different extra link look swem URLs webpages

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The URLs on some Swem webpages look different. What is that extra bit in front of the link?

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The proxy server rewrites the URL so that the target thinks you are on campus. The extra part in front of the database you are accessing is simply a port number that the proxy server has assigned to that particular database.