Proxy Gateway
A proxy gateway is a secured connection between H.323 sessions, allowing Cisco
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so it can provide QoS, traffic shaping, and security and policy management for
H.323 traffic across any secured connection. A proxy in this case is very similar to
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proxy gateways in other network deployments. In essence, it is a go-between that
is able to connect two dissimilar connections, or two connections that need to be
separated. It can establish and maintain its connection between these multiple end
points, adding to your overall efficiency by offloading some of the features to the
proxy gateway.