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Anonymizer / CGI proxy / web proxy: what is this?

April 26, 2017anonymizer CGI proxy web

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Anonymizer / CGI proxy / web proxy: what is this?

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This type of proxy servers is called differently: CGI proxy, anonymizer (as the name of the most popular proxy server of this type is http://www.anonymizer.com/),web proxy etc. Proxy server of this type represents (from users point of view) a usual web-page, very similar to pages of search engines. But instead of search phrases you should type into an input field the URL of that site which you want to look at. Then, having pressed the “Submit” button or “Go”, you will get onto page, which URL you have specified to a CGI proxy. But address of this page (in the address line) from the point of view of your computer will be another, something like this: http://www.cgi-proxy.com/http/www.your-url.com/path/ for example: http://www.cgi-proxy.com/http/www.yahoo.com/ Using such proxy servers, you can anonymously surf all over the Internet, without changing settings of your browser and without using any additional programs. CGI proxy supports HTTP and (sometimes) FTP and HTTPS protocols.