A proxy server is a software or a dedicated computer that acts as an intermediary for client requests. Most proxies are used as web proxies in order to filter or cache browsed web content. Using a proxy in order to maintain anonymity or bypass security restrictions is also common.
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How can we prevent Skype accounts repeatedly going offline and online again?
Several of my Skype contacts appear to spend all day logging out and in again. I've asked them and they're not really doing anything, but my Skype app continually notifies me that they've just come ...
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proxy servers with ips from various other countries
I am trying to setup a proxy server for a few members of my team.
I want to give it to them through my VPS server, what I want to know is I want to give
at least 30 IPs from different country then ...
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Why do we need to configure and use a proxy server through browser settings?
I have read this question on how a proxy works. But I want to know why do we need another extra layer called proxy at the first place? Is it because of any security reasons? If yes, then how does this ...
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Using local proxy to specify used NIC on Windows 7?
I'm running Windows 7 and have 2 NIC installed, both are connected to the Internet (nic#1 LTE, nic#2 DSL). Windows 7 will only allow me to specify a binding order and a metric on which interface to ...
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Squid delaypool configuration
i am trying to set up bandwidth limit in squid (Windows Port), but when i use delaypools i am getting error messages like this,
2013/01/22 10:05:06| parseConfigFile: squid.conf:151 unrecognized:
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Web server still detecting my old IP despite proxy
I am running my crawler on sites. I was thinking that I should change my IP before running the crawler so that sites do not block me. I tried the Proxy Switcher software, it worked great.
Then I ...
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How do we configure another browser to use Tor? [closed]
How do we configure Google Chrome (or another web browser) to use Tor Browser?
By that I mean that we are using Chrome, but the traffic is routed through Tor (and thus anonymous).
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Microsoft Live Messenger only signs in when I have a Socks proxy
I've installed the last version of Microsoft Live Messenger. The problem I have is that it signs in to the server just if I start a Socks proxy. Otherwise, it can not signs me in, and tell me there is ...
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Unable to access bbc.co.uk - “Error resolving hostname www.bbc.co.uk: timed out” - possibly proxy related
I'm having some problems accessing bbc.co.uk. Each time I try I receive the error message:
**Connection Error**
Unable to connect to the requested site.
**Details**
Error resolving hostname ...
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Why won't Internet Explorer use a local proxy configuration script?
While connected to a VPN, I have to use a proxy to connect to the internet. Normally the proxy config file is located in an online location, and the web browser LAN settings is pointed to that. I ...
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How to simulate yourself as if you are located internally behind the trusted zone of a FW
I work in security operational center engineer in one company. We manage a lot of customer FW, proxy,..etc. An example of our daily tickets could be the user can't access some site, so we check the ...
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Where to find proxy's credentials on a XP PC
Could anyone help me find out the proxy's username + password.
I have an Windows XP PC, I know that Internet Explorer 8 and Mozilla Firefox is using the proxy.
I have tried to look for it in the ...
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Mac share ethernet connection with proxy over wifi without proxy
I have a wired connection over a proxy server, and I'd like to share it over wireless to my iPad / other devices without proxy. Is there some software or something that allows me to do this?
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Connecting to Hotmail through telnet
My ISP has port 25 blocked. I tried using Hotstop Shield to get around it, but the server identifies the proxy as spam'er. Where do I go from here?
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How to use Spotify with a proxy for subscribers
I have a subsribe Spotify account, and I would like to use in my job, but my proxy has blocked all streamming data, I can use it by a VPN in a VMWare machine but it consume more resources, I Would ...
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Connect Chrome to TOR
I'm having difficulty connecting Chrome to TOR. I started trying yesterday. I started Vidalia and the TOR Browser and then followed the advice at ...
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Why does my privoxy log show lots of requests to updateservice.sonic.com/Ping.asp?
I installed privoxy as a transparent proxy on a gateway machine, and I have Sonic for an ISP. I'm seeing a lot of requests to http://updateservice.sonic.com/Ping.asp when I'm browsing random pages.
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Set Network Proxy Linux
I have a raspberry pi and I need to set a network proxy for both apt and browser.
How do I do this?
The only thing I have found is to use the following lines in the bash.bashrc file
export ...
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Play! Framework: Apache mod_proxy occasionally delivers Proxy Error
The backend is a Play! Framework application.
Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET ...
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How to view Internet Explorer auto-detected proxy settings?
When Internet Explorer is set to auto-detect proxy settings, is there a way to view what it detects?
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Where can I find “system proxy settings”?
Where are these system proxy settings? I noticed my connection has been slow for a while, then I checked the connection settings and was surprised there were set a proxy, but I cant see what exactly ...
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How to connect to a LAN with Proxy Settings
I'm new to OS X and I want to connect my Macintosh through a LAN with wired connection using proxy settings and not using the WiFi connection.
How do I connect it to the LAN and use the internet?
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Linux APT Proxy Issue
I need apt on our raspberry pi to be able to use the companies proxy server and I can get it to work if I use
sudo apt-get -o Acquire::http::proxy 111.111.11.11:8080 update
I have added the 01proxy ...
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iptables routing marked packets from router to PC and routing them back to router
I'm trying to do deep packet inspection on HTTP packets. The purpose of this is to collect HTTP payload data and then create some proxy/cache-independent reports. Following this, the idea is to ...
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How can I use multiple VPNs for increased privacy? [closed]
I've seen similar questions all with no answers, so I'll try to be specific.
The purpose is for increased privacy, in case the VPN service should turn over logs to law enforcement. You may be a ...
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Can a same IPaddress be located in two different locations?
In my organizantion, there is a proxy server, through which all the packets are filtered and forwarded. There are many sites that tell the location of the ip address. I tried the ip addess of the ...
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Resolve host very slow (windows 7)
I have a problem with my netbook (eeepc) on windows 7.
The dns resolution is very slow. When I want to go on google.com, the pc take several minutes to resolve the host name.
Otherwise, when I ping ...
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getting an external ip address on a LAN pc through proxy
My office computer works on local office LAN and has ip address like 10.12.133.45.
i can access the internet through the office proxy(when i got to a site like whatismyip.com it shows the proxy ip)
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How to use specific proxy address for specific application in Windows XP?
I have a chat client application. When I connect to internet & chat with other person via that application, the application uses the IP of my ISP to connect to internet & transfers data via ...
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How to configure proxy settings on Linux XFCE?
I have been running into problems whilst configuring my XFCE proxy settings. Whilst declaring the proxy variables in /etc/environment seems to work for wget, curl and chrome, it has no effect on apt ...
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Proxy Pass via ajp does not work for hashed url
I have apache in front of Jboss working on 80 port and jboss listens to 8080. Apache forwards every request to Jboss. So its quiet standard scenario nothing fancy . . .
My first task was to log ...
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openDNS and proxy settings
My work PC is connected to my company domain and it uses proxy settings. I tried to block a site(eg. facebook.com) using openDNS settings, it did not work.
Will openDNS work if I use proxy settings ...
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iPhone Proxy for home network [closed]
Is there any way that I can set up my home network as a proxy, so that when accessing the internet from my iPhone 5 through public wi-fi, the any app on the iPhone will think that I am using my home ...
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How can I use my Proxy credentials when installing a Clickonce application?
I am using an authenticated proxy to connect to the internet. The proxy settings are listed in Control Panel, and I get a user/password dialog box the first time I connect to a website.
While it ...
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How to set http proxy address for wget under windows?
If ran without parameters my wget prints:
D:\>wget
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
D:\Apps\Util\wget: missing URL
Usage: D:\Apps\Util\wget ...
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blocked SWF behind a proxy [closed]
I am behind a proxy that blocks swf and mp4. webm and flv are not blocked though..
I access the videos by accessing a certain URL, I think a way to solve this problem is to pass this url to some ...
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SSL proxy with stunnel
I'm trying to set an SSL connection with stunnel. Some kind of SSL proxy.
Final aim
Connect server1 (doesn't use SSL – only HTTP) to server3 (that uses only SSL, HTTPS only).
My plan is
server1: ...
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How to login on proxy sites?
I am using this proxy site http://svnit786.appspot.com but when i try to login to any site it shows error.I have tried http://fitdeal.de but unable to login.what changes should i do now?
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Easiest way to set up a HTTP proxy/request forwarder in MAC?
Here's the situation: I am trying to show a demo for a chrome extension on MAC, and due to chrome's security policies it's only allowed to use HTTP connections to localhost. The test server I have is ...
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squid 2.7 in a windows environment: how to capture windows username in access.log
I have Squid 2.7 running fine on a Windows Server 2008 machine that's part of an AD. The access log is working correctly, but I need to capture the logged in user on a client machine and don't know ...
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HTTP proxy over ssh?
I can browse the internet by using a SOCKS proxy :
ssh -D 1080 myserver
I now want to set up a HTTP proxy server, and the server then sends the HTTP package to the SOCKS proxy. If this is possible, ...
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Proxy connection while browser is running
I made an application that changes in registry value of two keys:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ProxyServer to
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How to set up a proxy on my server
How can I set up a proxy on my server? I don't mean a Glype proxy where there is an web form in which you enter a URL. What I mean is something like one that's listed here, where you can enter IP ...
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Is there a HTTP proxy server that uses another proxy for certain sites (in black list) and access directly otherwise?
Some websites are blocked in my network, so I have to use a proxy outside my local network to access them. In order to maximize the speed, only blocked sites be accessed through proxy.
Currently, my ...
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A program that combines several proxies into one and use the fastest one?
I have installed several proxy programs whose IP addresses are, for example, 127.0.0.1:8580, 127.0.0.1:9966, 127.0.0.1:7070. You may regrard them as Tor and its alternatives.
You know, certain proxy ...
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How can I log which sites an iPhone app uses?
Is there a Proxy server app for mac that allows me to setup a local proxy server so I can log/track which sites an iPhone app visits?
Thank you in advance!
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If I use a proxy server, can my computer bypass the ISP?
If somebody is using some kind of proxy server to connect to the internet, does their computer connects to the ISP first and then to the proxy server, or does it connect to the proxy server first and ...
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How can I use a proxy in a single Chrome profile?
I am running multiple Google Chrome instances simultaneously, each with a different profile (using --user-data-dir=MyProfileFolder). I would like one of Chrome instances (profiles) use a proxy, and ...
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Assistance needed with proxifier
I have a PC which is protected with a firewall/proxy. The proxy allows me to surf all the sites I want, but blocks the internet for most of the applications that need internet access. My questions ...
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Update http_proxy environment variable in Ubuntu 12.04
I just updated my proxy username's password and now I want to update the http_proxy environment variable.How can I do it?
