Proxy server as a method of protecting information

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Proxy server as a method of protecting information and a barrier to hacker attacks
A proxy server is a buffer between the user and the Internet. Proxy server - a special server, which is always available and caches passing through his files.

The proxy server at your ISP download speeds up Web pages. This comes from the fact chtoinogda different users simultaneously access the same resources, so Some files have been downloaded by other users of the Internet service provider and to be in the cache, so the page has not from the remote server, a proxy server, this boot is much faster.

Some proxy servers hide your IP-address, so your visits to sites, access to FTP sites through a proxy to be anonymous. Resource owners is not very difficult to gather about you a lot of useful information: your IP-address, browser, the host country, operating system, information about the provider. It is only natural that there is a desire to remove from access all the above information, nopomimo so often you get an excellent opportunity to learn information from the site, changing the answer depending on the country from which you requested. Another would allow the proxy access the portal competitors anonymously.

To date, there is the problem of access to your IP-address of hackers. Then you can become a victim of virus attacks, but, given that there is a defect in the software, Microsoft, you can also lose valuable documents stored on your computer. The number of proxy servers that can hide your real IP-address low. Also, not all proxies are completely anonymous. With a strong desire, administrator of the website, you are watching through a proxy server, determines not only the IP-address (proxy server-a)., But your real IP-address, which is the address from which you are requesting to proxy. There is a problem and that the proxy does not avoid the cookies. True, this can be done independently. There are two ways: 1 - in the properties file cookies.txt put attribute read-only (read-only), 2 - to ban the use of cookies in your browser settings. If you prefer, you can always find a "good" proxy, either openly declares accessible to everyone, or proxy, which does not restrict access, as most users do not know.

Anonimayzery (Anonymizer)

To implement the anonymous surfing on the network often use special services, called anonymizer (proxy). For anonymous visits to the page simply enter a link to it and press the button «Hide Me». If you go on a link posted on this page, the anonymizer is conducting a similar procedure for a new page, which eliminates the need to re-enter the correct address. Visiting the site through anonymizer «trace» in the log-files leaves office, rather than you, that may make it impossible to collect all personal information. Files cookies while you do not reach. There are sites that are inaccessible through anonymizer because of the desire of their respective owners monitor visitors.