You all must have heard of the word “Proxy”…right? But many of you must be wondering that what is a Proxy??? and How do we use it??. In technical terms a Proxy is Software agent / Gateway that performs an operation / function on behalf of some other application / system while hiding the details involved (IP, Country, Browser, Operating System etc.).

In general terms a Proxy is used to become anonymous to the server/site you are connected to. More uses of Proxies are as follows:

1) First and the most important use of a Proxy is Anonymous Surfing on sites so that they do not get to know your personal details i.e. your IP address, Home address, Operating System etc.

2) Secondly it can be used to access restricted sites at office or school.

3) A Proxy also used to open sites on which you have got Banned (Like banned from Myspace).

4) Last but not the least Proxies can be used to disable Javascript or any other code on sites.

Here are a few links to some of the proxies:

http://www.youhide.com

http://www.megaproxy.com

http://www.proxyindex.com

A Proxy can even be configured on an Browser like Netscape, Internet Explore, Opera etc.

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