Benefits of Sidewinder Proxies

Sidewinder Proxies provide these benefits.

Table 1. Benefits of Sidewinder Proxies
Benefit	Description
More extensive attack prevention	Sidewinder Proxies can prevent most attacks that involve modifying IP, TCP, or UDP headers to evade detection. These kinds of attacks cannot always be detected using signature-based detection alone.
Covert channel prevention	Sidewinder Proxies can prevent attempts to covertly send data in the header bits of IP, TCP, or UDP packets.
More detailed control of application protocols	Sidewinder Proxies provide more granular control of application protocols. For example, you can use the SSM HTTP Proxy for detailed HTTP header filtering and control.