Thursday 12 July 2012

Proxy Sites Help You Surf The 'net With More Privacy

By Clint Reedy


You would normally use a proxy server to connect your computer online. The Internet is used for accessing information, as we all know, and the proxy server helps with checking the information. With a proxy server, the information you try to access, will first get transmitted to that and only then reach your computer.

Generally speaking, proxies are a way for anybody to access information on the Internet with added security and even faster download speed. The most popular type of proxy is the anonymous proxy server, which allows a user to disguise the IP address he or she is using. This can be very useful in preventing other people from accessing your computer by means of the Internet.

Anonymous proxies can be used for any web pages, including free email sites. Proxies will help you transfer files at a faster speed, and also connect you to the Internet at a faster pace. Any kind of information you need will be instantly given to you. Privacy, however, is the advantage of proxies you cannot do without. It protects you from malicious Internet users.

Using a proxy site lets you access the Internet without anybody else knowing. If you are working on anything top secret, especially if it has something to do with the government, you will need one of these. It will help you redirect the request for information that you have asked for, thereby making you anonymous. You can even choose from three different types of proxy servers - transparent, anonymous and high anonymity.

The first one is applicable only for high transfer, the second may quote that you are using a proxy, but the third allows you to be completely anonymous. This is a perfectly legal practice, worry not, and many people offer it on the Internet. These servers are very similar to web servers. There is no such rule that the Internet has to be used only in a certain way, as it is for public use.

Thus anyone can use proxies, if they think they feel vulnerable with the use of the Internet. You can remain secure and be confident in your privacy this way. Be wary, however, of certain proxy websites. You wouldn't want to go on any proxy endorsed by hackers.

It is not at all difficult to get a proxy list. It is easily available on search engines, and anyone needing that can obviously gain access to them as soon as they need. While one may not be immediately familiar with the use of the proxies, a little time and research will help the user become familiar very easily.




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