Tag Archives: web proxy

How Web Proxies Work

By HideIP Admin | Published: January 5, 2009

On SneakBoxOnline I found a nice picture that shows how a web proxy works. As mentioned many times before on this blog, a web proxy acts as an intermediate between your computer and the site you are trying to visit. When your computer requests a Web page, it is retrieved by the proxy server and then sent [...]

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NYTimes.com still blocked in China

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 26, 2008

Some Chinese computer users abruptly lost the ability to view NYTimes.com on 18th of December. Despite having lifted some of the restrictions they recently imposed on the Web sites of other media, the Chinese authorities continued blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times over the next weekend. Tang Rui, an official [...]

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Pros & Cons of Browsing Anonymously using Web Proxies

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 22, 2008

A proxy site is a website that allows you connect to the internet without logging your IP address.  It acts as intermediate between you and the site you want to visit. The sites you are connecting to will not see any requests or log entries from your IP address, but from the proxy server instead. Thus, [...]

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New French Proxy

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 16, 2008

myFRproxy.info (no longer available) is a fresh french proxy that helps you unblock MySpace, Facebook and any other site that is blocked by your school or company. It is expecially useful for those who live in France. French proxies are quite rare. myFRproxy.info is one of them. Do you know other french proxies? Let us know! [...]

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Fresh Proxy from Amsterdam

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 12, 2008

myNLproxy.info is a fresh web proxy located on server in Amsterdam. By using this proxy you browse the internet in the same way as being in Netherlands. You can unblock Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, as well as any other forum. The main advantage of this web proxy is that it is just have been setup (fresh [...]

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Japanese Proxy Server

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 11, 2008

I’ve just found a a Japanese proxy server hosted in Nagano (IP: 121.50.43.189 ): http://www.ijapan.org. This is very useful if you are interested in seeing Google Ads shown for Japanese visitors or to see localized versions of YouTube or of social networks. Also, it can be used, as any other web proxy, to unblock Facebook, MySpace, [...]

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German-Proxy.de

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 10, 2008

German-Proxy.de is a web proxy hosted on a server located in Germany. To be more precise, in Bocholt and the IP address of the server is 91.194.84.61. From the proxy description: Surfe anonym zu Hause oder blockierte Seiten in der Schule, Uni oder auf Arbeit. Dabei wird die entspreche WebSeite von unserem WebProxy angefordert und [...]

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How to change your IP to one from Tucker, Georgia

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 9, 2008

The simplest way to hide your IP is by using a web proxy. Web proxies act as intermediates between you (your computer/browser) and the site you want to visit. This way, no (real) information related to you can be recorded by the site you visit. Of course, there are some risks you should be aware [...]

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Thailand web proxy

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 9, 2008

As I understand, it is against Thai law to visit sites that has been blocked by the ICT Ministry of Thailand. So, be careful when you use a proxy in Thailand. It is illegal. Due to this fact, proxies from Thailand are quite rare. During my searches I have found several such proxies, but only [...]

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Yahoo! Answers – Are proxy servers legal?

By HideIP Admin | Published: December 5, 2008

On Yahoo! Answers someone asked if proxy server were legal: I know that proxy servers can be used to avoid filters/website blocks, however I do not know if these are legal. The particular situation would be in a school, to avoid blocked websites. To make things clear: proxy servers are perfectly legal! It only depends on [...]

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