What is the Proxy Server?
Proxy Server is a mediator between you and the server where you send requests. It means that requested server will "think" that proxy makes requests to him but not you.
When it could be helpful?
For example, imagine you want to visit site that receives users only from concrete
countries or regions, but not yours: you can easily solve this problem by using
proxy list from required country.
In the age of global informatization the problem of private
data safety and security becomes actual. Any visited by you site can keep history of your requests and nobody knows how that's site owners will use this information about you. Just use
anonymous proxy server and nobody will get your private information.
Where can I get proxy list?
There are a lot of proxy databases in internet. But most of them are almost "dead". So, those free proxy server lists is not a good solution for normal work. We recomend you to get paid proxy lists, their cost is acceptable and you always will have access to fresh proxy lists.
ProxyBridge.com is one of the quality sources of good
reliable proxies.
I see there are many kind of proxies, which should I choose?
Yes, there 4 different basic types of proxies. Here we will explain which proxy could be helpful and when for you.
First big group of proxies is
"anonymous proxy servers", as you understand from the title such proxies will give you an anonymity when you are making requests to any sites.
Anonymous Proxy Lists include
"Socks4/Socks5 Proxies",
"HTTP Anonymous Elite Proxies" and
"HTTP Anonymous Distorting Proxies". Socks4 and Socks5 proxies are most popular but their cost is higher. SOCKS - is a protocol of data exchange. Another protocol is HTTP - if you are going to use proxy only from your browser (not from any serverside scripts) that will be the best solution. Difference between
HTTP Anonymous Elite and
HTTP Distorting proxies is in the method of
providing anonymity. Distorting Proxy "says" to requested server any IP address but not yours, and Anonymoys Proxy will "say" own IP - it gives full anonymity, that's why it is called
elite proxy server.
Another type of proxies is a
Transparent Proxies. Such proxies always will give requested server your real ip and "say" to him that your request is made through proxy. That type of proxies also can be very helpful.
I want to use proxies from my server-side scripts, how can i do that?
Most languages have libraries for making requests using proxy. Most popular are
LWP for Perl and
CURL for PHP. Using features of every concrete proxy and automated proxy requests you can get very good results.
