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Tips For Your Own Elite Proxy Server
If you are looking for information on how to setup your own proxy server, then this article will be important to you. Having your own proxy server can be extremely useful, and proxies are always in high demand. With a proxy server you are able to hide your true identity and remain completely anonymous online. The key to setting up your own proxy server lies in finding a suitable host and secondly to making sure you have the necessary software. Without these two crucial components, your proxy server will not operate as it was intended.
The first thing you need to setup your own proxy server is to find a host. Proxy servers can not be hosted on your local or home computer. They must be hosted externally. Part of the reason for this is that you need an external proxy to remain anonymous. Having a proxy server on your local machine at home would result in that proxy server using your home computer internet connection. How could you remain anonymous online when you are still using your own internet connection? There are many companies offering hosting solutions, however, not all allow customers to setup a proxy server. When searching for a host, you will need to check if they allow proxy setups. Some do and some don’t. The reason many hosts do not allow proxy servers is because the most common proxy is a web proxy. These are used by hundreds if not thousands of people at once, the end result is a massive load or strain on the hosting company servers. If you are setting up your own proxy server, there is a good chance that only you will be using it and as such won’t place any unnecessary load on the hosting servers. A second point beyond finding