A proxy list provides information about proxy servers for browsing. Users can browse proxies for privacy, access blocked sites, or for faster loading. Public and private proxy lists are available, with private ones being more secure and reliable but also more expensive. Sponsored links may affect display settings.
A proxy list provides information about the proxy servers that web users can access for browsing. When people use proxy servers, they send information to the proxy, which goes to the final destination of the data. It sends the data back to the user, who never visits the final destination. There are a number of reasons why people might want to use such a service. Proxy lists optimally connect users with servers that can meet their needs.
Users can browse proxies for privacy and confidentiality reasons, to make it more difficult to see and track what they do online. A proxy list can also provide access to sites blocked by an office security system or a national firewall, where the government restricts web access for citizens. People may have harmful reasons for wanting to use proxies, such as wanting to leave nasty comments on a website without revealing who they are. The reasons might even be more benign; a proxy might cache the data to make it load faster, for example.
Some are readily available to the public and can be found online at websites, forums, and other places. These public directories can be organized in several ways. Some rank on trustworthiness, putting sites that perform well first. Others may organize by location or Internet Protocol (IP) address. Users may be able to select buttons to sort the list in different ways according to their needs.
Public proxy list resources can sometimes accept sponsored links. These sites will be placed higher in the list to make them more visible to users. Users should be aware of this practice, as it may affect their display settings and they may end up on a proxy they don’t actually want to use. Sites that accept sponsorships usually indicate this for the benefit of potential advertisers and users. Some even flag sponsored links to make sure users can identify them.
Private proxy lists are also available. People can pay for proxy services, in which case they receive access to members-only servers, which can be more secure and reliable. Their service providers regularly generate and update a list of the servers they work with. The private proxy list can also be maintained on a blocked forum or secure website to make it more difficult for the general public to find particular proxy servers. The contents of a private proxy list can change periodically as new servers are added and old ones are removed.
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