proxy server checker – Latest proxy server checker news – So you’ve got an offer. What should you do next?

Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…

So you've got an offer. What should you do next?

If you won't be able to attend enrolment you should contact the institution immediately and check whether they will allow a proxy (someone you can … Read More…

After lull, a 'hot' year ahead for J&K?

With Pakistan ready to shrug off US pressure, a “hot” year could lie ahead for J&K with army and paramilitary units asked to gear up for a stepped up proxy … Read More…

Buffett: Don't Give Kraft a “Blank Check”

… a blank check allowing it to change its offer to Cadbury – in any way it wishes – from the transaction presented to shareholders in the proxy statement. … Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

Hide Your Tracks On The Internet

Ok, I know you’ve seen them. All those pop up windows claiming that “You’re being watched!” or banner ads saying “Your computer is under surveillance!” And all you need to do is buy their product and your computer’s visbility will disappear from the Internet. Well, to state the obvious, that’s just not true.

We have to give those companies some credit though – they are giving you half of the truth. If they were giving you the whole story, what they’d be saying is that their software will make your surfing tracks disappear from your personal computer. Not from the Internet.

Now, with that said, don’t just blow off these products saying “if they can’t get rid of all my personal surfing records then what good are they?” These products actually address the more important half of the issue. The effective ones really do clean up your personal computer! To me this is very important because it’s easier for people to get your computer’s Internet records, via hacking, tracking or outright theft, than it is for them to get any other type of Internet records.

Want proof? Just ask Gary Glitter, a 1960’s pop star who took his personal computer in to have a repair done. The shop found both pictures and other evidence of illegal Internet activity and called the cops! Glitter spent time in jail because he didn’t “clean up his act” before he took the computer in for a repair.

The other half of this issue and the one that is a bit more complicated to address is made up of all the records established and held by your ISP (Internet Service Provider), Internet routers (computer “traffic cops” that route Internet requests around the web) and website hosting servers.

These computers are completely outside your scope of influence. You can’t just call up your ISP and tell them to delete all records that pertain to your account! Once they are done laughing, they will let you know that to do that they would have to cull through literally millions of records for any given day to pull out your two or three hundred records. The effort would be enormous and they don’t have the resources to do this kind of work.

Besides, these logs are used mostly to trouble shoot server / router errors and to help stop hacker abuse and other kinds of DOS (Denial of Service) attacks.

But you can affect the information that gets stored in these logs. T
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o understand this you need to know how the process works. Here are the basic steps:

-You sign on to your ISP.

-Your ISP assigns you an IP (Internet Protocol) address. An IP address is a series of numbers that tell the computer where you are connecting from and who to send information to.

-You type in a web address in your browser and send that request to your ISP.

-Your ISP logs the request, along with your assigned IP address and then goes out to the Internet to request the web page.

-The ISP’s request goes through multiple routers, each one logging who made the request and forwarding on the request to the next until it gets to the server hosting the web page.

-The host server logs the request and sends the information back out, often through a completely different set of routers, each one again logging the request and passing it on to the next until it gets back to your ISP.

-Your ISP looks up in it’s log who made the initial request and sends it on to you.

-You get the page, a temporary copy is stored on your hard drive.

-You click on a link or enter in a new web address and the process starts all over again!

So for every request you make to your ISP, not only does that request get stored on your computer, it gets stored on a number of other computers as well! Comforting right?

Well there is a way to hide, or mask would be a better term, your web surfing activities. You need to use an anonymous surfing tool. Sites like Anonymizer.com or the-cloak.com offer an online proxy type service that takes advantage of SSL and encryption to keep your surfing tracks to yourself.

All requests made to them through SSL are encrypted so even your ISP can’t read what you requested. This secure connection is the same type that ecommerce sites use to protect your credit card data. Then all requests they make for you reference their computers as the originator of the request so all the routers and web host servers see is their IP address! Your personal and or browser information is blocked from the Internet.

So, if you really want to protect your privacy, give the snoopers a one – two punch. Clean up your act by using one of the history / cookie clean up tools available for download AND surf through one of the anonymous surfing providers out on the net.

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By: nho99

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Often people will want to know and will ask me, what would be the best free anonymous proxy to use? Honestly there is no clear cut answer to that question. Proxies that appear to be good may disappear from use on the internet within an hour. So even if I was to recommend a very good fast proxy that would keep you safe online, by the time you got to the end of reading this article it could be gone and no longer be usable. There is a simple reason that proxies like these never stay live on the internet for any length of time.

First off the cost of bandwidth, that alone can add up to be a large sum of money monthly. Then taking into consideration the thousands of people wanting to surf the internet using your anonymous proxies, your bandwidth bill is only going to grow and bandwidth is only one part of the costs involved to running a proxy server, there are several other components. You are probably wondering why if it costs so much, what is the purpose of someone making available free anonymous proxies for the general public to use?

There are two main reasons that free anonymous proxies are set up:

The first is that the owner of the proxy server is not even aware that their proxies are being used by someone else. This can easily happen by accident when a server is not configured properly, leaving a port open, which then allows all kinds of anonymous connections to the server, instead of only being used for specific users. Many times the only way a datacenter administrator will know that something is not right is by either the large bandwidth bill, looking at the usage graphs or seeing a massive performance decrease in the server. Unless you are an experienced tech, this is a mistake that can happen easily.

Now for the real reason and one that should be a major concern for anyone who uses or is considering using a proxy on the internet is … Crime .. Identity Theft. To these internet pirates everyone’s personal information is very valuable. Everything from your bank account numbers, credit card numbers, your address, social security number and all your personal account and logins. And the list goes on. These thieves will stop at nothing to get your personal information; they seek out servers, usually from large companies and compromise them. Then they take these proxies they have just stole and list them on websites for people to find and use and then steal all the data passing through that proxy.

Due to the danger of using these proxies the risk is far too great and out weighs all the benefits. Remember never use any of your personal or confidential information if you choose to use free proxies. If your privacy and safety is much more important to you, but you are not able to pay for a secure professional service, then it may be worthwhile looking into TOR. Although the connection may be much slower than what you are used to, it provides some anonymity although there are still many security issue so it would be best not to use it for secure requirements like online banking and stock trading etc.

About The Author

I use the most secure software on the market and you to can completely encrypt your browsing, protect your anonymity and even allows you to access blocked websites – Anonymous Software, in fact it even allows me to view the BBC Iplayer abroad,

http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2009/01/ok-its-true-i-little-bit-paranoid-but.html

http://www.anonymous-proxies.org/2009/02/using-iplayer-abroad-viewing-bbc-via.html

Jim