What is a Proxy Server?

Posted by | May 12, 2007 | What is what

What is a Proxy Server?

A proxy server can speed up your internet connection if you are for example in a company people can surf the internet using a proxy server. When the first user visits site A the server saves the record and when the second user visit the same site the user number two will take its information from the proxy locally and not from the internet.

Companies can use proxy servers to filter or block sites that they don’t want people to visit or even whole countries can use proxy to filter out sites.

People also use proxy server in other location for example a person wanting to visit YouTube.com from Thailand needs to find a open proxy server in for example in USA and then he can surf YouTube because his IP will be from USA.

It’s always nice to see website with new ideas. This new online sweepstakes websites whogets.com offers all the normal sweepstakes but you decide who is going to win the price. So if you think some poor collage student should have the money or you want to give it to the sexy girl that’s your choice. Off course you can invite the gang and ask them for vote for you off curse.

Please digg this subject maybe the goverment of Thailand will not make the new law

Thailand makes it illegal to visit Google Youtube.
With the new cyber law that has gone through the government 3 times now and is waiting for the king to approve it will be illegal to try to hide your IP or to try to use a proxy server to reach websites that are blocked by the government in Thailand. When this law comes to place even this blog maybe be illegal and blocked because of what we just wrote. We will publish the full law when and if it comes.