{"id":319,"date":"2021-12-12T14:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/?p=319"},"modified":"2021-12-12T14:35:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T14:35:05","slug":"what-is-a-proxy-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/what-is-a-proxy-server\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Proxy Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"319\" class=\"elementor elementor-319\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cedbc52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cedbc52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a368e6d\" data-id=\"a368e6d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24510a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24510a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span id=\"Using_a_Proxy_Server\">Using a Proxy Server<\/span><\/h3><p>Using a proxy server is similar in ways to a VPN but has some very important differences. A proxy server is a computer or an application that acts as a middleman (or a \u201cproxy\u201d) for requests your connected devices make to the internet.<\/p><p>It will allow you to stream or view websites that may be geo-blocked. After connecting to the proxy server, you are using its IP address to connect to websites.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2162 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kruptos2.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ip-address-change-with-proxy.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kruptos2.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ip-address-change-with-proxy.png 392w, https:\/\/kruptos2.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ip-address-change-with-proxy-300x113.png 300w\" alt=\"Kruptos Security - How Proxy Server Works\" width=\"392\" height=\"148\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p>In the past, proxy servers were mainly used as a means of connecting multiple users to the internet in cases where a direct connection might not have been feasible. This was widely the case in the early, \u201cdial-up\u201d days of the internet.<\/p><p>In modern times, proxy servers are a way for a user to keep their identity and their original IP address undercover.<\/p><p>Your data is not encrypted and full address spoofing is not provided, so you can still potentially be monitored by your ISP or government.<\/p><p>While proxy servers work quite well and are, in many cases,\u00a0less expensive than VPN services, they do not provide the encrypted connection protection a VPN does, leaving your activities open to prying eyes.<\/p><p><strong>Pros:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Can be used to get around geo-blocked contents.<\/li><li>Hides your IP address at basic level<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Cons:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Slow data transmission speeds.<\/li><li>The potential for using a compromised proxy server.<\/li><li>Most proxy servers log your activity, so your activity can be monitored<\/li><li>No data encryption<\/li><li>Not legal in some countries<\/li><li>Not compatible with mobile and tablets<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Takeaway:<\/strong>\u00a0Using a proxy server is potentially risk, you may consider managed proxy providers if you still wanted to use as they should have additional security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using a Proxy Server Using a proxy server is similar in ways to a VPN but has some very important differences. A proxy server is a computer or an application that acts as a middleman (or a \u201cproxy\u201d) for requests your connected devices make to the internet. It will allow you to stream or view &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/what-is-a-proxy-server\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is a Proxy Server<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"","site-content-layout":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a Proxy Server - What Is My IP Address<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whatismyip-address.net\/what-is-a-proxy-server\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is a Proxy Server - What Is My IP Address\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Using a Proxy Server Using a proxy server is similar in ways to a VPN but has some very important differences. 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