{"id":1708,"date":"2020-06-16T16:05:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/?p=1708"},"modified":"2020-06-16T16:23:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:23:02","slug":"the-proxy-server-what-why-and-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtono.com\/community\/knowledgebase\/the-proxy-server-what-why-and-how\/","title":{"rendered":"The Proxy Server, What, Why and How"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the current world where billion-dollar enterprises are doing their best to figure out everything about you. Talking about a simple proxy server that you can easily configure and keep them guessing seems justified.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you just want to jump to configuring a proxy server here is the How<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of your bedroom door, now there\u2019s a lot of things you can do in your bedroom \ud83d\ude09 but in order to interact with the outside world you have to pass through the door and if anyone wants to interact with you, they have to either knock on your door if you\u2019ve locked it or just enter through it if you haven\u2019t which I\u2019d advice against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A proxy server fits this analogy of a bedroom door. It is a gateway between your machine and the internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So technically speaking if you are using a proxy server your internet traffic flows through the proxy server on its way to the address you requested. The request then comes back to your proxy server then to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The question arises why even use it though if all it does is play ping pong with your requests, well here are a couple of reasons why you should give it a try. Modern proxies are capable of doing much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n