General meaning of word ‘proxy’. 
Its actually an agent/substitute or anybody acting at place of any other.

Proxy websites allows you to bypass your current ISP’s IP and connect to targeted website with a different IP ; thus hiding your actual origin from detectable.


For example- 

                   When your college or school’s firewall doesn’t allow you to open any website< say youtube>. In that case, you request a proxy server to bring that web page from youtube.Now, your firewall thinks that you are dealing with a server other than youtube and allows you to make a connection.

Hence you have successfully managed to bypass a firewall. Proxy servers simply act as intermediate between your system and actual server that you are accessing.
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4 ways to access blocked websites :-

1. Using proxy in  Web Browser 

Step 1

First of all, open the website-> whatismyip.com  and note  down your current IP address.

 Step 2

Now open_>  google.com and type  ’fresh proxies’ in search box. You will find many websites in  results where you get the list of IPs and the respective port numbers.
It should be like IP:port   

Step 3

Copy down  the IP and port no.

Step 4

Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
Go to Tools–Options–Advanced–Network–Settings
A dialog box appears as shown below:-

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Check the option “Manual Proxy Configuration”
Type in  IP and port no.
Note”- You can configure the proxies in any browser.”

Step 5

Check out whatismyip.com again.
You will see that your IP has been changed. Similarly you can configure proxies in other web browsers.


2. By Using IP hiding  softwares

You can download many IP hiding software’s. They are easy to use and freely available on internet.They automatically keep changing your IP after a particular interval of time.  I would recommend you one that is Ultrasoft. 


3.Using Proxy Servers

Many websites provide the facility to  hide your IP address so that you can directly visit other websites through them.
Here is a list of proxy servers that you can use to access blocked websites in your school, college or at work.
  • http://www.hidemyass.com
  • http://www.anonymizer.com
  • http://www.wujie.net
  • http://www.ultrareach.net
  • http://surfshield.net
  • https://proxify.com/
  • http://www.browser-x.com

4.Retrieve web pages via Email

Web2Mail a free service that sends websites you want to read right into your inbox. All you need to do is send an email to www@web2mail.com with the URL as subject title.


After doing these tricks you fail to crack network then you use VPN( vartual private network )  I will tell you about more in my next upcomming posts.


Disclaimer :

I’m not encouraging you to use this to bypass sites that you are banned from surfing in colleges, work place, etc. Use them with cautions make sure you know what you are doing.The proxy servers may pass some viruses or malwares so check them at your own risk.I shall not be responsible for any damages or rules and regulation you violate from using these proxies.