Benefit of Web Proxy Services

People access web proxy services mainly due to three reasons:

It provides an efficient method of distributing network traffic in real time. In other words, their faster response time augurs well with the browsing needs of many netizens. When a lot of requests come to a web server, such as for a movie or song download, naturally it will slow down. But, in the case of web proxy servers, when the first person requests for a particular webpage, the proxy server will access the web server, retrieves the requested page and sends it to the user. While doing so, the proxy server also saves the page in its cache for future use. So, when the next request for the same website comes from a user, the proxy just fetches the page from the cache and gives it to the netizens rather than going all the way back to the web server again to request the page.

Secondly, proxy servers are used by people, especially students and people in workplace, to bypass censors or firewalls set by the system administrators. So, even if the system admin blocks websites such as MySpace, Bebo, Orkut or Facebook, you can sort of unblock the censor settings by using a web proxy.

The most important use of proxy services, however, is the security it provides to the common user. Sometimes it is recommended to browse using web proxies because they don’t leak any information about your IP, bank accounts etc to third parties or hacking tools. Interesting it may sound that the same technology that is used by hackers to steal info is held against them with a web proxy.

Most web proxies are accessible for free, even though some others charge the users a fee. However, while using one, make sure that it is not known to the censor who configures the firewalls. End of the day, it is about playing hide and seek with your system admin.