Category Archives: Proxy Lists

How to Setup Your Own Proxy with Google App Engine for Free

By HideIP Admin | Published: March 4, 2010
Proxies are probably the simplest way to bypass firewalls and unblock websites. They are websites that  act as intermediates between you and the site you visit. You enter the address/URL of the site you want to visit in a text box, press Submit/Go button and then the proxy asks for the site/page to the web server where the [...]
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Where To Find Working Proxies To Use With FoxyProxy And SwitchProxy?

By HideIP Admin | Published: October 13, 2009
FoxyProxy and SwitchProxy are two great Firefox add-ons that can be used to hide your IP address. The downsize of these solutions is that they depend on proxies that you need to find yourself. Actually, both add-ons function as easy to use proxy changers and they do not provide any proxies. The problem: where to find [...]
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How To Set Up A Phone Running Windows Mobile 6.1 To Use A Proxy

By HideIP Admin | Published: October 8, 2009
Mobile devices running Windows Mobile 6.1 are very popular these days, as they offer a great user experience. If you have such a smartphone and you are concerned about your online privacy, you are probably interested in finding out how to set up your device to use a proxy. By using a proxy you are able not only to [...]
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Q&A: What’s the difference between SOCKS and HTTP proxies?

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 19, 2009
Q: While looking for proxies on proxy sites (for example on SamAir.ru), I see both HTTP and SOCKS proxies. What is the difference between those two? What type of proxies should I choose? A: SOCKS is a protocol that allows nearly every type or application to be tunneled through it while HTTP is specialized for HTTP [...]
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3 Sites To Find Good Web Proxies

By HideIP Admin | Published: September 18, 2009
Web proxies are probably the simplest way to hide your IP address. Just enter the url of the site you want to visit anonymously in the text box of the web proxy and press the Submit/Go button. Of course, there are downsides of this hide ip approach, but the idea is that it’s a solution [...]
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5 Free Tools To Test Your Proxies

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 14, 2009
If you need to change your IP address and you are not happy with the classical hide ip tools, you can try finding a proxy that suits exactly your needs. For this you firstly need a proxy source (like SamAir.ru) and, secondly, a fast way to test the proxies. Of course, you can try to test them one by [...]
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Video: How to change your IP on Mac

By HideIP Admin | Published: July 12, 2009
Most of the tips presented on this blog reffer to Windows operating system, but here is also something for Mac users. I have recently found a video that shows how to configure Firefox for Mac to change your IP address by using proxies from publicproxyservers.com.
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ProxyBL.org – New Open Proxy DNSBL

By HideIP Admin | Published: May 14, 2009
ProxyBL.org is a new service that lists available open proxies on the web. The service is meant to serve aministrators that need to block suspect/dangerous IPs, but it can also be used to achieve online anonymity. ProxyBL  crawls the web for IP addresses of possible open (ie publicly accessible) proxy servers. These IP addresses are then [...]
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How To Manually Hide Your IP Using Internet Explorer 8

By HideIP Admin | Published: February 1, 2009
Internet Explorer 8 RC1 has been officially released by Microsoft. From now on, no major changes will be done to the final version. Let’s see if important changes were made in the way Internet Explorer can be configured to use a proxy. This a common method to hide your IP address: set up your browser [...]
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Video: How to manually set up Firefox and IE to use a proxy

By HideIP Admin | Published: January 28, 2009
When you purchase access to a private proxy or you find a suitable open proxy listed on a proxy list (e.g. SamAir.ru, Proxy 4 Free, Anon List), you need to know how to set up your browser to use that proxy. I have explained how to do this in several posts listed below. How To Hide [...]
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