# Benefits of Sidewinder Proxies

Sidewinder Proxies provide these benefits.

Table 1. Benefits of Sidewinder Proxies
Benefit | Description
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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.