Thin clients and other buzz words
 
 
- Proxying for remote access: "thin-client"
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- No need for database client code on the DBI client
 
- Proxying for network security: "encryption"
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- Can use Crypt::IDEA, Crypt::DES etc.
 
- Proxying for "access control" and "firewalls"
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- extra user/password checks, choose port number, handy for web servers
 
- Proxying for action control
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- e.g., only allow specific select or insert statements per user or host
 
- Proxying for performance: "compression"
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- Can compress data transfers using Compress::Zlib