What is a Proxy Server?

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What's a Confirmed Proxy Server ?

I know what a proxy server is, but what does it means, Confirmed.?

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This is just a check. the word Confirm is stating that you are going through a proxy server some ISPs...

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What is the strongest proxy server? What proxy server is almost NEVER blocked?

My school computers have almost ever proxy server blocked. I tried all the new proxies but none of them work. I need a reliable proxy that is almost never blocked. Ninjacloak and Polypuzzle were my favorites and those are blocked too.. and the proxy...

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http://89.35.2.11/~math/ For more proxy, got to http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NewFa…

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What is a good proxy server to use for web surfing from remote computer?

I am wanting to setup a web proxy on my home computer. I want to go into Internet Explorer options, and setup a proxy server address to use for the internet. What is a good proxy server to use? I want to be on a machine in a different location, building...

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http://208.100.39.23 this one works on youtube and myspace

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What is the difference between a normal server and proxy server.?

Tell me best proxy server. Tell me also benefits of a proxy server.

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It takes 1 sec to google this... Here's 2 links though: Server http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver...

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What is (in computer terms), A Server. Also, what is a Proxy Server?

What is (in computer terms), is a Server. Also, what is a Proxy Server? I've looked up these terms on the net & every explanation uses computer language that the average person ca't understand. PLease can someone explain this to me ib easy to understand...

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The definition of a server is any piece of hardware offering service to clients. For example, your e...

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Technically not much differences, in both cases, your browser communicate with Proxy server instead...

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What is a proxy server?

Is this a good definition? "A proxy server acts as an intermediary and still does the same job of opening documents and web pages. In other words, an external server that gathers the same information from the web page requested by a client but instead...

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Basically yes, it's a way of having a firewall, but not, so if anything happens it will hit the proxy...

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What are the consequences and what kind of protective measures could the owner of a proxy server adopt against possible copyright infringement problems?

A proxy server downloads html contents from web sites and serves them to third-parties. Web sites may explicitly prohibit in their Terms of Service the retransmission of their contents to a third party. Thus, the owner of the proxy server may be infringing...

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Website data already passes through a number of backbone links and ISP networks and other possible links...

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What is a proxy server...and what does it do...how does it benefit me?

I see it in my Xp setting all over the place...proxy server this, proxy server that. Do I need to use one, what are the benefits? Why does anyone use it?

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A proxy server is a computer that offers a computer network service to allow clients to make indirect...

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What motivates someone to host a free proxy server?

There are proxy servers that folks use to access Hulu from outside the US. These proxy servers will have some major bandwidth and electricity usage....what motivates someone to host such a free proxy server.

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In addition to the other answers, in my experience often  it's pretty much accidental. If you set up...

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