diff --git a/webgoat-lessons/http-proxies/src/main/resources/lessonPlans/en/HttpBasics_ProxyIntro0.adoc b/webgoat-lessons/http-proxies/src/main/resources/lessonPlans/en/HttpBasics_ProxyIntro0.adoc index 490889ae2..9a352e428 100644 --- a/webgoat-lessons/http-proxies/src/main/resources/lessonPlans/en/HttpBasics_ProxyIntro0.adoc +++ b/webgoat-lessons/http-proxies/src/main/resources/lessonPlans/en/HttpBasics_ProxyIntro0.adoc @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ == HTTP Proxy Overview Many times proxies are used as a way of accessing otherwise blocked content. A user might connect to server A, which relays content from server B - ... Because Server B is blocked wihtin the user's network. That's not the use case we will be dealing with here, but the concept is the same. + ... Because Server B is blocked within the user's network. That's not the use case we will be dealing with here, but the concept is the same. HTTP Proxies receive requests from a client and relay them. They also typically record them. They act as a man-in-the-middle (keep that in mind if you decide to use a proxy server to connect to some other system that is otherwise blocked). We won't get into HTTP vs HTTPS just yet, but that's an important topic in relationship to proxies.