What is Proxy server
A proxy acts as an intermediary between you and the internet. When you’re using a proxy server, your request runs through the proxy server (which changes your IP address) first, and only then connects to the website. Reasons to use a proxy server includes content control and filtering, improving traffic performance, preventing unauthorized network access or simply routing the traffic over a large and complex network. There clients are any networked computer.
How it works
Every computer has its own IP address like 192.0.2.1 . A proxy server is a computer with an IP address known to the client which acts as an intermediary between the client and a target server. No direct communication takes place between the client and the target server when using a proxy.
If the client requests a web page or a file from a server on the internet of a company, the client's request goes to the proxy server, which sends the request to the target server using its unique IP address (If a client address is suppose 192.0.2.1 , then the proxy server send the request to target server using an unique IP address like 10.0.2.13 which is not related to our IP address) The proxy server then receives the requested data back from the target server and sends it to the requesting computer. Therefore our IP address will be private because of proxy server.
Is it safe to use Proxy
Nothing is 100% safe....!!! (Fact)
The proxy can be traced back, maybe with a little difficulty, but it can be. HTTPS keeps the data encrypted, but once someone finds a way to decrypt (want's your data) it it's gone too. It all depends on how much and how badly someone wants your data. But yes, its generally very very secure compared to a regular http connection. Your next door neighbor probably won't get it, but your government might. Then again, chances are that every other service you use is voluntarily givingit away to them anyway .
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