How Can I Know If My Ip Address Is Visible To Intruders
IP addresses are assigned to computers by your ISP for browsing the internet, or by administrators when configuring a LAN. This IP is unique to each computer.
When browsing web sites, your IP address, along with other personal information, is vulnerable to webmasters, hackers or any person with software capable of retrieving this information. In order to avoid compromising your personal information and making your computer vulnerable to outside attacks, you can use an anonymous proxy server, such as those listed at www.findproxy.org.
To verify if your IP address is visible, you can access this page normally, and then through an anonymous proxy server.
When accessed normally, you should see your IP address below.
Your IP address is:
After confirming your IP address, access this same page through an anonymous proxy server, in which case your IP address should not appear above.
This way, you will be able to verify if the server you have chosen really hides your IP address and if you are thus surfing the web anonymously, with no security risk to your PC and your personal information.
CGI and PHP Proxies
Normal HTTP Servers, that is, servers which are used for example for web browsing, can be used to run proxy scripts for different reasons, mainly security and privacy.
The most common scripts run on HTTP servers are CGI and PHP scripts.
CGI scripts retrieve information from the URL which we want to access, either HTTP or FTP, and update any resource or embedded URLs to point back to the server through the script. This way, our personal information is not sent to the server, providing additional security. These scripts allow extended filtering of ads and cookies and can even remove JavaScript and VBScript from the information retrieved, among other protective uses.
PHP scripts are very similar to CGI proxy scripts and can be run on HTTP proxies mainly to bypass proxy restrictions through a web interface. An additional use of PHP proxies, other than those of CGI proxies, is to bypass restricted access to URLs that may be blocked from the proxy itself.
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What is an IP address and how can I hide it
Every computer that is connected to a network must have an IP address. This address uniquely identifies the computer over the network in order to transfer information to and from it accordingly. Both local and wide area networks have IP addresses assigned to each computer, or terminal, within the network.
IP addresses can be static or dynamic. Static IP addresses are assigned by the system administrator to each computer and dynamic IP addresses are assigned by another device connected to the network.
When the computer is connected to a local area network (LAN), for example at home or in a corporate network, the IP address is determined when configuring the network and is usually static. Such IP addresses can be, for example, 192.168.0.1, known as private IP addresses. However, when connecting to the internet, the ISP determines the IP address which will identify your PC when connected via modem to the net, known as a public IP address. IP addresses for connecting to the internet, considered a wide area network (WAN), can be static or dynamic, depending on the ISP.
Due to the fact that each computer has an IP address which identifies it, this information can be “seen” by other persons on the network with specialized software that detects IP addresses, or by persons hacking into the network. Even when browsing a website, your IP address can be identified by the site, apart from other information that is vulnerable when surfing the net. The most important data retrieved from internet users are usually IP addresses, surfing habits, and other, more personal information, when possible.
Website administrators and marketing companies can then use this information to target you for adware, junk mail, spam, and other marketing annoyances on the net. Other, more malicious intruders can even use this information to access your PC’s hard drive itself and recover any information on it.
Thus, these vulnerabilities are exploited by any person that has the ability to do so. That is why, when faced with privacy concerns, many internet surfers prefer to use proxy surfers that will hide their IP address. In this way, surfing the internet is anonymous and noticeably reduces security hazards.
How does a proxy server work when browsing the internet
When browsing the internet from a home PC, there are several elements that make the whole process possible.First of all, on one end, we have our home PC. This PC is connected via its modem to the ISP’s server, which in turn is interconnected to servers around the world that host the specific web sites that we are requesting.
From a web browser, we send a request to access a specific website by typing the site’s address, for example, www.findproxy.org.
When we hit “Enter”, this request is sent to our ISP’s server, which identifies the request. If the ISP has a proxy server with cached requests, when retrieving our request it will look up the information in its cache to determine if the proxy can comply or not. This means that the proxy server saves all requests made from users to its cache, so that the next time another user makes the same request, it does not have to retrieve that same information from the original server. The proxy server responds by sending the information to our PC from its cache.
On the other hand, if the proxy server cannot comply, it will send the request to the real server that hosts the specific website that we are requesting. The host server sends that information to the proxy server, which can then cache the response for future requests, and then sends the information to our PC. Sometimes, more than one proxy server can be involved, as some sites, like MSN, Yahoo, and AOL have several proxy servers that respond to requests from their cache, thus reducing the amount of petitions to the main server and reducing response times.
In a corporate network, even more elements form part of the process. Apart from the possibility of having its own proxy server to improve performance, the proxy can also act as a filter from the employees’ terminal, blocking attempts to access specific content from their web browsers. Additionally, companies have mail servers that store and distribute emails over its local network and WAN. All potential viruses are filtered at this stage before it can reach an employee’s PC. Servers also provide additional security through firewalls either from the proxy itself or from a firewall server dedicated to such purpose.
What is Proxy Server
What is Proxy Server?
A proxy server is a server that can be found between, for example, a client PC web browser and a real server. When the client application sends a request to the real server, the proxy server intercepts the request and tries to comply with it. If the proxy server cannot complete the request it is then forwarded to the real server.
As proxy servers fulfill requests, the results are stored in its cache, So, the next time a client sends the same requests, the result is taken from the proxy’s cache, dramatically reducing response time.
Proxy servers can thus be used for servers that, for example, have very high traffic to reduce response time to each request. The real server can then respond to all requests that the proxies cannot fulfill, improving performance drastically.
Another application for proxy servers is to filter requests. This way, companies can limit the sites that their employees can access online and the server can also provide additional security.
Lastly, online proxies are also used for anonymous surfing, hiding the user’s IP to prevent sites from retrieving personal information from web users.
Proxy servers are one of many types of servers, some of the most common types are:
Application servers
- Application servers are used as connections between database servers and clients.
FTP servers
- File Transfer Protocol servers are one of the most used servers on the internet for transferring files safely from one computer to another, providing security and control over the whole transfer process.
Mail servers
- Used by companies to transfer and store e-mails on their corporate networks, either LAN or WAN, and over the internet.
Web servers
- All static content is delivered over the internet via web servers. These servers retrieve information from disks and transfer it across the net to a user’s web browser through HTTP.
How to Configure a Proxy In Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer.
- Go Tools menu.
- Go Tools>Internet Options.
- Click on the Connections tab.
- Click on the LAN Settings button.
- Check the box next to Use a proxy server for your LAN.
- Select a proxy from our recommended anonymous proxy list.
- Enter the IP address of the proxy you selected in step 7 into the Address: box.
- Enter the port number of the proxy you selected in step 7 into the Port: box.
- Click OK button.
example: 80.237.140.233:8888
where 80.237.140.233 is a Proxy Address and 8888 is the port of the proxy
August 2007 Most Visited Pages
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Here they are the most visited pages in August at www.findproxy.org
- List of Anonymous web proxies
- List of High Anonymous Proxies
- List of Transparent Proxies
- Advertise
- Proxy Forum
Proxy Forum
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We have opened the FindProxy.org’s Forum.
Our forum has the following categories
- Proxy Users
This is the board for Proxy Discussions.
Find, share and discuss information about proxies. - Proxy Webmasters
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Non related proxies issues.
Beginning a Proxy Site
If you are thinking to start a proxy site you will need these elements
- Purchasing Domain: You can purchase a domain with any extension (.com, .net, .info, etc.). Maybe the best domain for a proxy site is one that not includes the word “proxy” or “proxies”, because some filters can block out it automatically.
- Purchasing Hosting: We recommend Virtual Private server or a dedicated server ( much better)
- Downloading a proxy script: You can download two kind of free proxy scripts. One of them is PHProxy, maybe the most popular than CGIproxy. You can choose some PHProxy templates here .
- Monetizing: Put your AdSense Code or your YPN code on the index page. Warning don’t insert the AdSense or YPN code onto the proxified pages. These are against Adsense - YPN ’s terms conditions.
- Promoting: Go Findproxy.org.
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