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Public Proxy Servers For User Guide For Beginners

Calendar August 3, 2010 | Posted by agus

One of the popular techniques to mask IP address or conceal IP address to surf anonymously is to utilize a proxy server which comes in one form or another. A proxy server is a server computer allow its users to make indirect network connections to other network services in this case the internet while  hiding your online identities. The proxy provides the resource either by connecting to the designated server or by serving it from a cache. There are various implementations of proxy servers that you can use to hide your IP address i to stay anonymous online

Web-based Proxy Servers

A web-based proxy server is a website that provides a field for you to input the URL of a website that you wish to surf anonymously as shown in the picture bellow . When you submit the form the web-based proxy server makes a request for the page that you want to visit.

The machine typically doesn’t identify itself as a proxy server and doesn’t pass along your IP address when requesting for the page you wish to visit. The features of these web sites vary (ad blocking, javascript blocking, etc) as does their price. Some are free of charge and some are paid services. Examples of web-based proxy services are:  Proxify.com, hidemyass.com, freeproxyserver.net and many more.

Mask IP Address with Browser-Configured Proxy Servers

In addition there are also stand alone proxy servers that allow you to configure your browser to route your browser traffic through them ,after which the servers makes a request for a page on your behalf, and then sends you the results. You can find public proxy server by typing the sentence “proxy list” on search engines’ search box. One such site that provide fresh public proxy list on a daily basis is  proxy-list.org . Bellow is the screenshot from proxy-list org :

Because web-based proxies are mostly available to the public for free, you may not expect too much in terms of its speed reliability except you subscribe to the paid services.

Public Proxy servers are in general divided into three categories:

  • Transparent Proxy – This type of proxy server makes the original IP address available via the http headers. These are normally utilized because of their ability to cache websites but don’t provide reliable anonymity to those using them. Yet a transparent proxy will get you around simple IP bans or get around web filter at workplace or schools. They are transparent in the terms that your IP address is disclosed , not transparent in the terms that you don’t know that you are using it.
  • Anonymous Proxy - This type of proxy server identifies itself as a proxy server, but doesn’t make the original IP address available. This type of pr provides reliable anonymity for most users and hides your IP address. Distorting Proxy – This type of proxy server identifies itself as a proxy server, but make an false original IP address available through the http headers and conceals your real IP address.
  • High Anonymity Proxy – This kind of proxy server doesn’t make available the original IP address and hide your IP address entirely

The risk Of  using anonymous proxy servers

In using a proxy server, all information transferred to the service being used must pass across the proxy server before being sent to the service, mostly unencrypted . It’s consequently possible, and has been attested, for a malicious proxy server to snoop upon everything sent to the proxy: including unencrypted logins and passwords. By chaining proxies which don’t divulge information about the origin of requester, it is possible to obfuscate activities from the eyes of the user’s destination. Still, your footprint will be left on the intermediate hops, which could be exploited . If the policies and administrators of these other proxies are unidentified, the users may fall victim to a security fallacy . The bottom line of this is to be cautious when connecting to proxy servers hide your real IP address, and only use familiar and respectable proxy servers , and never use proxy servers of questionable reputation. Whenever there is no choice but to use obscure proxy servers, don’t pass any confidential information unless it is properly encrypted. So that instead of masking your Identities by using their services to conceal your IP Address you expose your vital information to cyber criminals.

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Bypass Internet Filters With Your Freedom

Calendar May 5, 2010 | Posted by mike

Your Freedom is a true practical software for those accessing the  internet in such countries as Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, united Arab Emirates where internet censorship/ restrictions is in place or to access favorite social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Hulu behind “school proxy” yet trapped behind a firewall or a filtering proxy.

The unblocking sites software Your Freedom utilizes proxy tunneling and allows any blocked software such as  Peer-to-Peer software, Torrents applications  to access the Internet  via your freedom servers scattered around the word. You can even make your PC accessible from the Internet if you like. Nearly all applications work with Your Freedom, and so far noone has managed to block your freedom service completely and permanently without blocking Internet access entirely.

The software is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS and connects you to a network of about 24 servers across in the US, Switzerland, UK, Germany , Singapore, Hong Kong and France . Your Freedom also offers advanced services like OpenVPN and Socks, which makes it a relatively sophisticated tool to bypass Internet censorship

A rudimentary service is available for free with speed of up tp 64 kbps. It will provide a bit more bandwidth than a modem connection and up to six hours of usage per day (up to 18 hours per week), and will probably be enough for all casual users.  If you want a faster connection you may purchase your freedom voucher at not-too-expensive rates.

Here are steps by steps tutorial to use your freedom :

  • Sign up for an account from Your Freedom websites : here and fill in the required field including your valid email

  • Open your email with which you register  and click email confirmation link to activate your freedom account
  • Download the Your-Freedom software here . Please note you need to have Java Runtime installed on your computer before being able to use your freedom. You can download Java Run Time here If you already have Java installed on your PC, you can just download the 1MB Windows installer version
  • Click the your freedom  installer  and follow the instruction:

unblock sites with your freedom: user interface screenhoot

  • Start Your-Freedom choose the language interface you would like to use, there currently 14 available languages

  • Right after the first start you will see the configuration wizard. Click “next” .

  • Fill in the proxy address and port provided if you’re behind a Office or School Local Area Network (LAN)  proxy server or leave it blank if you are not. Then click next

  • You will be prompted with  Select Protocols  dialog , leave it unchange and proceed by clicking “next”

Your-Freedom configuration wizard will make several tests to find available your freedom  servers and check your suitable type of connection and filtering. This  may take several minutes.

Unblocking Web Sites with your freedom

  • After the available freedom servers are found you should  see the “Found Freedom Servers” screen where you can choose one of the available servers. Pick the nearest server to  your location to make sure you get the maximum speed and click “next” again.

your freedom servers

  • Fill in the account and password you register with your freedom

unblocking sites made easy with this one of the best tunneling software

Configure your browser and application to use your freedom servers automatically clicking  on the “Application” tab in the main Your-Freedom window, select which application you want to use and then click OK.  Or you can manually configure your browser and application by filling in “proxy settings”  with the following proxies : 127.0.0.0 port 8080 (http proxy) or 127.0.0.0 port 1080 if you would like to use SOCKS proxy.

Note:

Few applications (in fact not quite many)  may not work with SOCK Proxy or HTTP Proxy  and require additional “proxifying software” such as Proxifier or Proxycap. Click  the following link : Proxifier with Your Freedom and Tunnelier to find out more.

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