A proxy is a program that makes Internet access to your computer instead. It's like somewhere between a computer connected to the Internet and the server you are accessing. When we surf through a proxy, we're not actually going directly to the server, but we make a request on the proxy and it is he who connects to the server that we want to access and returns the result of the application. (Wikipedia)
There are several programs to perform this task. At this time we will do using SocksChain, which you can download from here.
Once installed and running, we see that the interface is this:
Double click the string name, we will get a configuration menu where you can edit several options such as name, port, through which it will connect, use proxies...
There are several programs to perform this task. At this time we will do using SocksChain, which you can download from here.
Once installed and running, we see that the interface is this:
Double click the string name, we will get a configuration menu where you can edit several options such as name, port, through which it will connect, use proxies...
To select proxies through which will be our connection, we must go to the Proxy Manager screen, located in Tools> Proxy Manager, or by clicking on the socks. In the window that appears shows a list of proxies to which we can connect. In addition, proxies may add, delete any existing ones, edit them and a very interesting option, which is to update the list.
We update the list of proxies, to have as current as possible. Once updated, click on Test All, to check connectivity to all. After that, we can delete the inactives. Close this window and double click on Test Chain. In the right panel choose to use proxies, marking them and clicking Add. In this example we will use a chain of 3 proxies, and will change from one proxy to another every 100 seconds automatically. Everyone can use the ones that you want, use more or less has its advantages and disadvantages, which we see later.
The setting is as follows:
Once done, configure the programs to go through the proxy. In browsers, this can be done from your own setup menu, adding as proxy IP 127.0.0.1 and port 80 (or who have placed in SocksChain). But for other applications can use another program called SocksCap (available here), we will bridge the gap between the proxy and the application unable to reach it.
Once installed, to add a new application, click on the New button, and locate the program on your computer. The other fields are filled in automatically. We accept and click on Run. This is important because applications must be run from this program, but will not work through proxy. We also noticed that SocksCap should be running by 127.0.0.1 and port 80 (or you have placed in SocksChain). This is configured in File> Settings in SocksCap.
Advantages of using proxies
- Ability to browse anonymously
- It is more difficult to keep track of our IP, especially if we use several proxies and jumping from one to another.
Disadvantages
- The more proxies we use, it will affect the quality of the network, and therefore, slower all connections.
- We do not know who owns the proxy to connect us, or who may be watching us, so we have to be careful what you do.
- These proxies may be being used by several people at once, and users would lose too much speed and quality of the network
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