WMS through a proxy server

[Steve]

Hello, 

I’m trying to obtain some weather data from a WMS (through a university 
computer) – but because of the strict firewall settings I cannot access the 
data.  A friend of mine suggested something about a proxy server … however I’m 
new to MapServer and not totally sure what he means, or how to go about it !
(I’m using Apache Web server, by the way ...)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, 
Steve.