Microsoft® .NET Remoting

Proxies

In general programming terms, a proxy object is any object that stands in for another object and controls access to that other object. Controlling another object through a proxy can be useful for purposes such as delaying the creation of an object that has expensive startup costs or implementing access control. At a minimum, most remoting technologies—including .NET Remoting—use proxies to make remote objects appear to be local. These remoting technologies usually use proxies to perform a variety of tasks depending on the architecture.

The .NET Remoting proxy layers actually comprise two proxy objects: one implemented primarily in unmanaged code and the other implemented in managed code that you can customize. Splitting the proxy layer ...