A proxy server is a server which gets the request from the client, evaluates the request and then sends back the response to the client. For example, if one wants to access a webpage, the request is sent to proxy-server, which reads that page and then sends the contents back to the client.
This comes handy when someone has blocked some sites and you want to access them. In that case, the request to those sites will be first sent to proxy server, who will fetch those results and will then return them back to you.
Recently some of the websites are blocked by the ISP's. If you want to access them, you need to have a proxy server. There is a site called www.proxy.org which lists a whole lot many proxy servers which one can use. Just select any proxy-server you want, based on the country and then it will ask for what address you want to go to. Type the address and you will be redirected to that website through proxy-server.
One thing to note is that don't use proxy-server for sites like facebook or gmail as they require authentication and you would not be able to do that using the proxy-servers.
This comes handy when someone has blocked some sites and you want to access them. In that case, the request to those sites will be first sent to proxy server, who will fetch those results and will then return them back to you.
Recently some of the websites are blocked by the ISP's. If you want to access them, you need to have a proxy server. There is a site called www.proxy.org which lists a whole lot many proxy servers which one can use. Just select any proxy-server you want, based on the country and then it will ask for what address you want to go to. Type the address and you will be redirected to that website through proxy-server.
One thing to note is that don't use proxy-server for sites like facebook or gmail as they require authentication and you would not be able to do that using the proxy-servers.
