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Old December 29th 17, 10:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Chaya Eve
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Default A usable free proxy server for Windows users (emphasis on usable!)

On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:24:24 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

This thread will be successfully answered if a single free configuration
proxy even exists on the net.


Squid is another piece of proxy server software, here's a list of public
servers using it

https://squidproxyserver.com

I haven't tried any of them, so don't know if they're considered usable


Thanks Andy for the suggestion of "squid proxy server", as I knew my
question was a difficult one, and I learned (after I started the thread)
that most people don't even understand the question.

Most who do are using "web portal" proxies and not what we're calling
"configuration proxies".

Absolutely none, save for the one who "claimed" to be using them easily,
are using what we call "configuration proxies".

Hence, it's easy to discount the claims of "diesel" and just move on
assuming nobody here has a "configuration proxy" working yet.

That's ok - as I never expect the answer to my questions to be known by any
other than actual experts and certainly never by people who don't
understand the questions asked.

Looking at your helpful suggestion...

The web page for https://squidproxyserver.com is interesting in that their
claim for fame appears to be that they cache frequently used web pages for
speed reasons.

They argue you gain speed using a Squid Proxy because you only have to
traverse from you to the squid proxy after the first time.

They seem to be targeting VPN and SSH users, which is strange since every
user should benefit from having a local web cache, don't you think?

I'm not sure how to "set it up" as a configuration proxy though, but here's
the United States data:
IP = 67.205.162.180
SquidPort = 80, 3128
Protocol = HTTP SSH, VPN
Server = United States
Location = United States
Proxy Provider = MyTunneling

I'm guessing at the moment that the "cache" is stored on that server
67.205.162.180 - but the Wikipedia seems to infer the cache is stored on
your local network (so I'm still a bit confused).

However, this whole "squid proxy" concept is completely new to me, so I
appreciate that you brought it up. This post is just a "thank you" for
bringing it up, because I need to see what it is and what it does.

From my first skim of Wikipedia shows it is a "configuration proxy" of
sorts ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_(software)

This is the caching server part:
1. You install a squid proxy server on your local desktop
2. You configure your web browser to use this squid proxy server
3. Everything you request is cached on your local desktop

None of that has anything to do with anonymizing things (such as header
information) but apparently Squid Proxy Server has a few switches that help
your anonymity.

Unfortunately, Windows does not seem to be a supported Operating System!

But, from what I'm gathering, what you're suggesting, is that someone else
has already gone to the trouble to create a Squid Proxy Server, which you
can configure your web browser to use instead of your local server.

I don't inherently see how to set up my browser to use this
"http://mytunneling.com" server at 67.205.162.180 so that's where I'm
puzzled as to the next step.





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