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What Is A Proxy Server.

A proxy server acts as an intermediary between a user's computer and the Internet. It receives requests from the user and forwards them to the intended destination server, then sends the response back to the user. Anonymous proxy servers hide a user's IP address to protect their privacy and security by preventing unauthorized access. Public proxy servers are free but not anonymous, while paid proxy servers like Anonymizer offer anonymity with advanced features but require a fee. Free proxy checkers provide lists of public HTTP proxies but can only test a small number due to technical limitations.

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What Is A Proxy Server.

A proxy server acts as an intermediary between a user's computer and the Internet. It receives requests from the user and forwards them to the intended destination server, then sends the response back to the user. Anonymous proxy servers hide a user's IP address to protect their privacy and security by preventing unauthorized access. Public proxy servers are free but not anonymous, while paid proxy servers like Anonymizer offer anonymity with advanced features but require a fee. Free proxy checkers provide lists of public HTTP proxies but can only test a small number due to technical limitations.

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What is a proxy server?

A proxy server is a kind of buffer between your computer and the Internet resources you
are accessing. The data you request come to the proxy first, and only then it transmits the
data to you.
What is an anonymous proxy server?
Anonymous proxy servers hide your IP address and thereby prevent unauthorized access
to your computer through the Internet. They do not provide anyone with your IP address
and effectively hide any information about you and your reading interests. Besides that,
they don’t even let anyone know that you are surfing through a proxy server. Anonymous
proxy servers can be used for all kinds of Web-services, such as Web-Mail (MSN Hot
Mail, Yahoo mail), web-chat rooms, FTP archives, etc.
Why do I need to use proxy servers?

1. Transfer speed improvement. Proxy servers accumulate and save files that are most
often requested by thousands of Internet users in a special database, called “cache”.
Therefore, proxy servers are able to increase the speed of your connection to the Internet.
The cache of a proxy server may already contain information you need by the time of
your request, making it possible for the proxy to deliver it immediately.

2. Security and privacy. Anonymous proxy servers that hide your IP address thereby
saving you from vulnerabilities concerned with it.

3. Sometimes you may encounter problems while accessing to web server when server
administrator restricted access from your IP or even from wide IP range (for example
restricting access from certain countries or geographical regions). So you try to access
those pages using an anonymous proxy server.
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.
What is a pay proxy server?
Anonymizer - a pay proxy server with plenty of features. Effective for personal use, when
your Internet activities are not involved in very active surfing, web site development,
mass form submitting, etc. In short, Anonymizer is the best solution for most of Internet
users. Ultimate protection of privacy - nobody can find out where you are engaged in
surfing. Blocks all methods of tracking. URL Encryption protects you from your own
ISP. Web Based - does not require any program installation or a configuration on your
computer.
What is a free proxy checker?
Free service trying to provide daily updated list of public HTTP proxy servers. Usually
provide small list of proxies with low percent of functioning servers due to hosting
restrictions on CPU time (they simply can't allow themselves to check many proxies
every second especially in parallel).

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