To secure your proxy server, use encryption locks on protected documents, require passwords for access, use multiple anonymous IP addresses, and consider using reverse proxies and firewalls with password protection. Filtering traffic can also increase security.
Proxy server security is one of your main concerns when getting a proxy. You want to prevent hackers and bots from infiltrating your computer and stealing private or sensitive documents, and you want to track your Internet Protocol (IP) address to discover Internet usage trends. Improving the security settings of the proxy server is done in many ways, including blocking access to certain records and using multiple IP addresses. In these ways and others you can protect your system from attacks.
One way to improve proxy server security is to place an encryption lock on all protected documents. If there are files or folders that you can access without a password, require password protection to access them. This is considered one of the last lines of defense; if someone is able to infiltrate your proxy, they still won’t be able to steal your documents. Along with files and folders, it disables the function that allows your computer to print logs automatically, so that no one can attack your computer like that.
Use multiple IP addresses to prevent hackers and bots from tracking you online. Most proxies come with a large number of IP addresses. Consider automatically or manually changing your IP address several times an hour for the best protection. Anonymous IPs are better than those with names and information attached, because there will be no way to trace an anonymous IP from the internet.
Another method is to use reverse proxies. These are special proxy servers that are able to secure and encrypt other proxy servers and will help you if you have a large network. Reverse proxies work best against malicious connections that aim to harm your computer and network; they also increase the speed of data transfer across the network thanks to caching and high-level encryption.
Adding a firewall will help strengthen the security of your proxy server and is a basic security step for most computers. Firewalls will help stop or contain any malicious attacks against your proxy server. At the same time, make sure the path to the firewall is password protected. If the path is not protected by a password, a good hacker will be able to bypass or turn off the firewall.
Using the filter will greatly increase the security of your proxy server. Filtering is an often overlooked feature where proxy servers filter the traffic coming to your proxy server and only allow specified traffic to enter the proxy server. This means that anyone who tries to disturb the security of your proxy server will be denied access to the server.
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