It's available on more platforms than any other product in this roundup, the options including Sun Solaris and several Unix variants. This is also the only one with virus-scanning capabilities. But as with Microsoft Proxy Server, a lack of Socks support in the Windows NT version makes it less than ideal for companies that want to share an Internet connection in a mixed-platform environment. Also, Netscape Proxy Server doesn't pass IMAP4, POP3, or SMTP traffic, so you can't hide your e-mail server behind it.
Installation is simple.
If you've installed any Netscape server before, this one is no different. Like all of these servers, Netscape Proxy Server requires you to install Netscape Navigator on the server machine. You configure and manage Netscape Proxy Server using a browser. It has the same user interface as the other Netscape servers. Netscape Proxy Server provides excellent user access control.