You may often see the word ‘proxy’ floating around on the internet or hear of it from time to time, but most people wouldn’t necessarily know what it is or what it does. The simplest explanation of a proxy is that it is a server which sits in between you and the website you are trying to access. A proxy serves has many uses, it offers a good security measure for your machine as it allows you to surf the internet anonymously. A proxy server also opens the door to much more uses due to its anonymous status, it allows its users to access restricted or blocked web sites, most work places and schools have restrictions in place to block users on their machines from accessing certain web sites or restricted areas of the internet, using a proxy the user can bypass these restrictions and access the blocked sites or areas they require. A person can access a proxy server online; there are literally thousands of sites online offering this anonymous surfing via a proxy free of charge. Thanks to these free proxy sites a person can have unrestricted access to the internet or their favourite web sites from their work place or school.
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