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What exactly is a 'proxy'?

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#1
What exactly is a 'proxy'?
Well I've been hearing a lot about 'proxies'. I've had my main for over a good almost two years, and I think I have never used one.

Can somebody explain what a 'proxy' is?
#2
DON'T USE IT.
It'S MAINLY USED BY HACKERS ON STEROIDS.
#3
Coak wrote:
DON'T USE IT.
It'S MAINLY USED BY HACKERS ON STEROIDS.


._. .....?
#4
Learn to google.
#5
Google wrote:
Learn to google.


Ah yes, I remember. Google is my friend.
#6
Pro wrote:
Ah yes, I remember. Google is my friend.


No he isn't
#7
Ah, so I see.

So where is the best proxy people would recommend? :3
#8
Pro wrote:
Ah, so I see.

So where is the best proxy people would recommend? :3


Let me google that for you
#9
If you use 7 of them you will be unstoppable
#10
Are you saying I can use multiple ones at the same time? ._.
#12
www.sefreak.com
username student
pw random 1
#13
What's the difference between passworded and just regular proxies? ._.?
#14
Try lemonparty.org. It's alright, I guess. Sorta old.
#17
Humph never saw that

Well then I change it to sefreak.com

click on lock on top right corner

username student
pw random 1
#18
chowchig wrote:
Humph never saw that

Well then I change it to sefreak.com

click on lock on top right corner

username student
pw random 1


Tried it like 6 times before I realized I had to get rid of the space. :P
#19
I still think you should give lemonparty.org a try.
#20
Rundeer wrote:


pro can't access that page. :/
#21
Rundeer wrote:
I still think you should give lemonparty.org a try.


Oh yay, I'm being serious and then Rundeer pop's in and gives me grandpa porn. Just great.
#22
Pro wrote:
Oh yay, I'm being serious and then Rundeer pop's in and gives me grandpa porn. Just great.


#23
Proxies are things that use another IP as yours, therefor hiding yours. There are four types of proxies:
Transparent Proxy- The proxy is known as a proxy, and the original IP is shown in HTTP headers. It isn't that great for anonymity, but it will get you around IP bans from sites.

Anonymous Proxy- The proxy is known as a proxy, but the original IP is unavailable. This is an alright source of anonymity.

Distorting Proxy- The proxy is known as a proxy, but it replaces the original IP with a fake or 'distorted' and is shown in HTTP headers.

High Anonymity Proxy- The proxy is not known as a proxy and no IP address is shown.

There are proxies used via internet and proxies used via downloads.

The most common proxies are used over the internet, and what you do is you go to the proxy's website, and browse the internet through the proxy site, therefor displaying the site's IP as yours.
To get proxies, here is a site that has tons of proxies:
http://proxy.org/cgi_proxies.shtml
There are thousands of proxies there.

There are downloadable programs that are proxy switchers. What it does is you upload a list of proxy IPs and it uses them and switches them at predetermined intervals of time.
#24
Internet:
You -> Website -> You
Website knows who 'you' are.

Proxy:
You -> Proxy -> Website -> Proxy -> You
Website thinks 'you' are 'proxy,' but doesn't actually know who 'you' are.

TADA.