HTTP Proxy Server is a type of proxy server. HTTP proxy server is very much similar to Web Proxy Server. HTTP proxy server receives all HTTP requests from users (clients). HTTP Proxy Server works as a server when it accepts HTTP requests from its clients and works as a client to the remote servers when it is unable to fulfill the request with its local cache. Thus we can say that HTTP proxy server works as a server and as a client according to its client’s requests. We can’t use HTTP proxy without configuring our web browser because HTTP proxy is a proxy with IP and port.
As we all know SOCKS is an internet protocol. SOCKS proxy server is an important type of proxy server. Nowadays SOCKS proxy server is very widely used. SOCKS proxy server is mainly used to hide our IP address. SOCKS proxy server transfers whole data from a client to server without adding anything to it from itself. When we access a website through SOCKS proxy server then it doesn’t send our IP address to website that we are accessing. SOCKS allow us to work with various protocols such as SOCKS 4 with TCP, SOCKS 5 – with UDP and TCP. Currently SOCKS protocol has two versions, one is SOCKS 4 and the other is SOCKS 5.
Elite Proxy server is one of the most secure proxy server for users. When we access any website through elite proxy server then elite proxy server hides our IP address, our reading interest, our geographic location and other such information. Elite Proxy is also known as high anonymity. Elite Proxy server works as a bridge between our web browser and end server. Elite Proxy server also hides the fact that we are accessing a website with the help of proxy server.
For more detail about Elite Proxy Server you can visit following link:-
Proxy Auto-Config file is also known as PAC. Proxy Auto-Config file is a simple text file that contains a JavaScript function called “FindProxyForURL” . Proxy Auto-Config file or PAC is normally named as proxy.pac. Prxoy.pac file or Proxy Auto-Config file tells the internet browser to load its proxy configuration from a remote JavaScript file. In Proxy Auto-Config file (proxy.pac) we can specify different proxy to all URL’s. We can manually configure the URL of Proxy Auto-Config file or it is automatically created by Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol.
For detailed information about Proxy Auto-Config file (PAC) you can visit following links:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config
http://wiki.daleroberts.info/doku.php?id=technical:automatic_proxy_configuration
The process of using several proxy servers to connect to a website in anonymous way is known as proxy chaining. Under this process (proxy chaining) our computer is connected to first proxy server and then first proxy server is connected to next proxy server and so on. We can connect as many proxy servers in the chain as we want. The more proxy servers we have in the chain the more anonymous we will be but never 100%. Proxy chaining is also known as proxy to proxy.
An example of proxy chaining is described as below:-
Our Computer –> Proxy Server 1 –> Proxy Server 2 –>…………..–> Proxy Server 9 –> Proxy Server 10 –> Web Site (Destination Website).
The proxy servers those are owned and controlled by Government Organizations such as NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and Army are known as dangerous proxy. Our whole activities on these kinds of proxy servers are monitored.
Anonymous proxy server is a type of proxy server that doesn’t transfer the information of its user, like user IP-address, geographic location and user surfing interests etc. Among this, some proxy server can hide the fact that we are surfing through a proxy server. An Anonymous proxy server is also known as web proxy. There are mainly two types of anonymous proxies, one is elite proxy and the other is anonymous proxy.
A Web Proxy Server is basically a website which fetches data from another website(which anonymous user wants to surf) & the surfer. Thus, the surfer becomes anonymous for the website he or she is surfing.
Web Proxy Server is a web based intermediate between a surfer seeking anonymity(who normally tends to his his IP address for privacy & security) and the website.
