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When Do We Use Proxy Server?

Irina Bodan

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A proxy server can be understood as an intermediary server separating the end-user clients from the destinations that they browse. Different servers can offer different levels of functionality, security and privacy. You can choose based on your own use case and needs. When you are using a proxy server, the traffic will flow through the proxy server on its way to the address you requested then come back through the same proxy server. Ultimately the proxy server can forward the received data to you. Now most of you may be coming up with the question why can’t my traffic just go straight from the website and back. Proxy servers actually act as a firewall and web filter in the name of data security and network performance. Also, the shared network connections and cache data they provide can speed up common requests, which is much more than forward web requests. Thus, a good proxy server can protect users and internal network from being attacked and provide a high level of privacy. Specifically, here are some common cases in which proxy server is applied:
  • To take someone’s browsing action under control. For example, some organizations and parents may set up proxy servers to control and monitor how their employees or kids use the Internet. Once the proxy server is configured, the access to some specific site will be denied or all your web requests will be monitored and logged.
  • To save bandwidth and improve speed. The function of caching allows the proxy server to save a copy of the website locally. For example, if you ask for www.xxx.com, the proxy server will check and see if it has the most recent copy of the site, and then send you to the saved copy instead of the new one. Though hundreds of thousands of users send the same request(www.xxx.com) to the proxy server, yet the proxy server only send one request to this web. Thus the bandwidth of the company/organization can be saved and the network performance can be improved.
  • To protect privacy. Some proxy servers can change the IP address and other identifying information. With the hiding, the web won’t know who actually send the original request so your browsing privacy can be protected.
  • To improve security. As your proxy server can encrypt your web requests, your transaction won’t be read. Also malware sites can also be prevented through proxy server. Many companies couple the proxy server with VPN(virtual private network) to let the remote users access the Internet through the companies’ proxy. Use VPN can make sure that their users have access the resources they need and provide secure connection to protect the companies’ data.
Thus a proxy server plays a very important role in your Internet privacy protection and security assurance. The choice of proxy server depends on many factors such as your use cases and budget. If your don’t want to cost that much, AdsPower Fingerprint Browser may be suitable for you as it is totally free. It applies SSL symmetric encryption during data transmission and data storage to guarantee the data encryption.
 
Your breakdown of proxy servers is spot-on! Controlling browsing, saving bandwidth, and enhancing privacy — proxies are like internet superheroes! I've also found a list of the How has your experience been with using proxy servers for security and privacy? Do you have any favorite use cases?
 
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Proxy servers are commonly used to build mobile proxy farm (read more https://iprоxy.online/ ), which help manage and distribute requests efficiently. This is useful for tasks like web scraping, data mining, or testing mobile apps, where a large number of requests need to be made without revealing the origin IP address.
 
You kids crack me up!
You can be easily tagged by your device's MAC address unless you know how to forge your MAC address ... :D
 
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