Proxy FAQ
Frequently asked questions about proxy servers.During a HTTP connection, the IP address of the client machine is transmitted in order to get the information back. This allows a server to identify the source of the web request. Any web resource you access can gather personal information about you through your unique IP address - your ID in the Internet. They can monitor your interests.
Another common use of anonymous proxies is to access sites which are normally blocked by your ISP. For instance, web proxies are often used by people to access sites which have been censored by their companies, organizations or governments..
What is an anonymous proxy server?
Anonymous proxy servers hide your IP address and thereby prevent unauthorized access to your computer through the Internet. Anonymous proxy servers can be used for services, such as Web-Mail (MSN Hot Mail, Yahoo mail), web-chat rooms, FTP archives, etc
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What is a public proxy server?
It is a proxy server which is free and open for everybody on the Internet. Unfortunately most of them are not anonymous. Helpful when you need to access blocked sites from your school/ college/ office or work without exposing your identity. .
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Proxy serve as a middleman between your web browser and the internet.
An anonymous proxy serves as a middleman between your web browser and an end server. Instead of contacting the end server directly, the browser contacts the proxy, which forwards the request on to the end server. When the end server replies to the proxy, the proxy sends the reply to your browser. No direct communication occurs between the client and the destination server, therefore it appears as if the HTTP request originated from the intermediate proxy server. The only way to trace the connection to the originating client would be to access the logs on the anonymous web proxy (if it keeps any). A anonymous proxy server can protect your identity by stripping all identifying information.
