HTTP Proxy – Your Own HTTPS Proxy Server

The HTTP Proxy Server Basic Guide

Want a HTTP Proxy? Being anonymous online can sometimes be difficult. Anyone can be anonymous on the internet with a proxy, but it is this that causes the problem. The main reason for this is because there are many different kinds of proxy servers. If you want to change your IP online and be completely anonymous, then the only solution for you is a http proxy.

HTTP Proxy Servers act as a middle man while you are web surfing and transfer info back to your computer. Your actual web surfing is done through or via the proxy server. So, the IP shown is the IP of the proxy and not your personal computer. Even if someone takes a look at your IP while you are online, the IP they see isn’t yours but is the proxies and with a http proxy they can’t even tell you have changed your IP.

Elite proxies are the absolute best of all the different kinds of proxy servers because nothing offers the kind of anonymity, security and speed. They do this because not only are the IPs they give you 100% anonymous, but the IPs they give you look like any normal IP found online and not a proxy IP. There is no way to tell you are using a proxy server. There is no use in changing your IP if someone can tell you have done it. If you are serious about being anonymous online and HTTP Proxies, nothing beats a http proxy. The speed, anonymity and ability for IPs to be cloaked so you look like any other average Joe on the internet makes them the absolute best proxy solution.

Just how can you get a proxy server of your own? Here are two of the most popular proxy solutions people use. The first is searching online for proxies that are free and the second method is the opposite and involves paying. Finding free proxies on the internet isn’t hard, but they aren’t worth much if anything at all. Slow and nonresponsive free proxies are very common and this is the biggest reason that many people actually go looking for a reliable and paid http proxy.

Your own paid proxy server isn’t expensive. For as little as USD a month you can have your own http proxy server that no-one else but you has access to. There are many reasons why you may need your own private proxy. You’ll get completely anonymity with a paid proxy, something free proxies usually fail to deliver. You can say goodbye to all the problems commonly associated with free proxies. If you spend or have spent time looking for free proxies, then you probably already know how much trouble it can be. Save yourself a lot of agony and setup your own proxy server. You’ll be glad you did.

What is a proxy server?

A Proxy (proxy server) is a server that acts as mediator between the client (the computer of a user) and server (the computer on the other ends of network connection on which the information requested by the user appears for example web server site.) When clients request data from an Internet resource, traffic goes from your web browser/application first through the proxy before it reachs the requested sources and back through the proxy. Then the proxy will transmit the data (information) to you.

Why I need to use a proxy server?

1. Transfer speed improvement. If the file you requested was received before to your proxy server, then proxy server will interrupt this file request and you will receive the file directly from proxy. However need to know, you can got the “speed down” effect. This effect appears when your proxy has long answer time because there is slow connection between you and your proxy server.

2. Security and privacy. Anonymous proxies destroys information about your computer in the requests header. So you can safely surf the net and your information will never be used by hackers and spammers.

3. Sometimes you encounter some problems while accessing to web server (for example, web-chat). You have mistaken while working with some data and / or the server administrator restricted access from your IP. So you can use the anonymous proxy and try to access again.

How can I get fresh proxy server information?

Every proxy server is inclusive of an IP address and a proxy port that is listed next to the address. You can search “free proxy list” on google to get newest proxy servers. Here is a daily updated proxy list I recommend: http://www.aplusproxy.com/proxylist/index.php

How to configure IE 7.0 to use a proxy server?

1. Open Internet Explorer 7.0.

2. Click on the Tools icon from the upper right of the browser and select Internet Options from the menu.

3. Select the Connections tab and click the button for LAN Settings.

4. Click the radio button for Proxy Server. Type the IP number of the proxy In the Address box, and add the port number of the proxy in the Port box.

5. Click the OK button, then OK again.

6. After setting a proxy server, you need to check if that proxy is working. Type www.google.com in your IE7 address bar and see if google index page is loaded for you.