A sort of "middle man" on the internet. Normally when you go to a website, you send your "request" packets straight to the site's server, and then the server sends "reply" packets back which is what you see as the website. With a proxy, you send your request packet to a server, which then sends a new request packet to the website's server, which then sends back a reply to the proxy's server, and the proxy sends the web site to your computer. This can be used for anonymous surfing on the web. Not all proxys are anonymous, though. Some just edit the packet they send to have your IP address instead of the proxy's, then the reply goes straight to you.
"Someone found out my IP address and gave it to hackers, so I changed it and now I use a proxy so no one can see my real IP."
Free proxy sites list: Free proxy lists links
Here is a list of some third-party proxy sites where you can find free daily updated proxy lists (HTTP proxy lists, HTTPS proxy lists, SOCKS 4 proxy lists, SOCKS 5 proxy lists).
http://www.proxy4free. com - one of the top proxy sites with daily updated HTTP/HTTPS proxy lists
http://www.anonymitychecker. com - proxy site with free proxy servers list
http://comp-info.ru/proxy/ - free proxy site with HTTP proxy list
http://www.proxylist.com.ru/ - proxy site with daily updates free proxy lists (HTTP proxies, SOCKS proxies (SOCKS4, SOCKS5 proxy list), free anonymous proxy list, IRC proxy list
http://www.proxy-listen.de - proxy site with HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS proxy list
http://proxy.antipalivo.ru/ - proxy site with HTTP proxy list
http://www.proxz.com - proxy site with fresh HTTP/HTTPS proxy lists
http://proxyz.net - proxy site that offers anonymous proxy lists, SOCKS4, SOCKS4A, SOCKS5 proxy lists
http://www.publicproxyserver s.com - one of the top proxy sites with regulary updated HTTP/HTTPS proxies lists
Daily updated HTTP/HTTPS proxy list
http://www.onlinechecker.free proxy.ru - proxy web site with regularly updated free proxy lists (HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS proxies)
Free daily updates SOCKS proxy list
http://www.xroxy.com - proxy site with fresh HTTP proxy list
http://tools.rosinstrument.co m/proxy/ - HTTP/HTTPS proxy lists, SOCKS proxy list (SOCKS 4 proxies, SOCKS 5 proxies)
http://www.proxy-world.de - proxy site with free proxy servers list: HTTP/HTTPS proxy lists, SOCKS (SOCKS4, SOCKS5) proxies
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9:17 PM on October 20, 2008