What Is A Proxy Server And How To Use It
October 30, 2008 by Ivan
Filed under Articles, Hacks, Proxy Hacks
Proxy server is some kind of a buffer between your computer and the designated internet destination. When you use a proxy server , your computer will send a request to the proxy server , then the proxy server will send it to the destination (for example a website), the destination will answer the request the proxy has sent and finally the proxy will return the data to you computer. When you visit www.hackspc.com with a proxy server , it looks like this:
Reasons for using proxy servers:
- Proxy server is able to increase or decrease the speed of your connection to the Internet depending on the location of the proxy
- Proxy server ( but only anonymous) can hide your IP address (the resource you visit will retrieve the IP of the proxy, and not your
- Proxy servers can help in case some owner of an Internet resource impose restrictions for users from certain countries ( for example hulu.com is only reserved for those from United States, if you are not from United States, you can’t watch videos on hulu.com)
How to use a proxy server?
It is simple, just follow these instructions for Internet Explorer
1. Open Internet Explorer
2. In the Menu bar, select Tools, then Internet Options
3. After this click the Connection tab
4. In the Connection tab, on the bottom , you will find LAN settings;
5.In LAN tab, check use a proxy server for your LAN, in Address add the IP Addresses of the proxy you would like to use, and add Port, and finally click OK.It looks like this:
In this example we are using an anonymous proxy server from United Kingdom with this IP address: 64.66.192.61 and port 80 . Here you can find a free proxy list. These are free proxy servers. For more free proxies, just google “free proxy server list”.
The same for Mozilla Firefox
1. Open Mozilla Firefox
2.In Menu bar, select Tools, then Options…
3. After this will appear Options window, click Advanced tab
4. In Advanced tab, you will find Settings, click it
5.In Settings tab, check Manually proxy configuration, in HTTP Proxy add IP addresses from proxy server, and add Port, you can also set sites where you wont´t use proxy server. For Example if you are from Germany, no sense to use a proxy server for German sites.
In the end click Ok;
We used the same proxy server(therefore the same address) also for Mozilla.
Here’s a video instructional:
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myspace proxy on Sun, 23rd Nov 2008 8:46 am
Thanks for this, I have just set up a myspace proxy so my friends at school can access bebo and myspace, it really is good I found this blog because I was having trouble getting it set up properly.
Thank you.
JAMES on Wed, 22nd Jul 2009 12:21 am
thanks ima 13 and im just learning howto hack and i think im comeing along quite good, usee the tech lady at school is stupid lol she thinks she knows it all well i wanna know it all before she does!!!!
- JAMES
oladipo on Mon, 27th Jul 2009 2:13 pm
cool
EMMANUEL123 on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 9:48 am
it doesnt work for me because in my school they wont let us into internet settings at all
mathews on Wed, 16th Jun 2010 1:08 pm
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Ragnarok on Wed, 30th Jun 2010 3:08 pm
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mike on Fri, 16th Jul 2010 5:00 pm
hello,, thank folks, this was informative, but can it be done by Google Chrome? and does it have to be your default browser?
thank you again,
Gav on Sat, 24th Jul 2010 3:53 am
Disabling the SSL or changing the Proxy server has been disabled on every browser I have tried on all of my school computers. The only way for these kinds of security is an external cmd prompt.
Oh and mike you click the icon just below the close or X button in the top right corner of Chrome. Then you click options, under the hood then scroll down until you see Network and select Change Proxy Settings. The rest is shown above.
Warcraft Info on Mon, 30th Aug 2010 6:23 pm
Someone asked about using Google Chrome for this, and I wouldn’t recommend it, even if you could. Chrome is not only as buggy as all get6 out, but the jury is still out on how much information is permissibly allowed due to its EULA agreement. Best top stick with Firefox for such things.