Questions tagged [proxy-server]
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simple web proxy server for windows
I am looking for a simple web proxy server that anybody can use. I mean it should be executable and not commandline/service. Something like squid/polipo but with a windows interface. It should also be able to cache and should be free of charge.
Gluip
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Using a proxy for certain sites only
When I work from home, I want to read some sites that my work blocks.
Since I'm connected via VPN, their servers route my requests and sites like reddit are blocked.
Currently, I just RDP into another computer in my home and use the browser on that…
Matt
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How to simulate corporate Proxy Server on my development machine
I am developing a small client application that will sometimes need to call out to a webservice from a machine within a corporate lan complete with proxy server.
Our LAN in our development shop does not use a proxy.
What I need to be able to do is…
DavidGouge
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Setting up a Proxy server on my home router to enable content filtering
My son has a Nexus 4 and wants to use Google Now. I have k9 web protection enabled on it, which blocks Google Now, as there is no way to force safe search for google images. However, I have found some interesting information, which I would like to…
Josiah
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how to remove a Proxy Virus (127.0.0.1:8080) from windows 10
it seems that my proxy is always active. If I disable manual proxy configuration it turns on again. I've tried to delete some registry keys but the same keys appear again.
Here is the screenshot of Proxy Settings:
Here is the screenshot of…
Raihan Uddin
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System Proxy Settings not working after updating to El Capitan(10.11.1)
I am usually using internet through proxy and it was working great with Yosemite 10.10.5.
But yesterday I have updated OS to El Capitan 10.11.1 and now same proxy settings are not working anymore.
Strange thing is that its working only in Firefox,…
Dilip Manek
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Two internet Connections, one LAN - how to share?
Well, the title says what I'd like to achieve: I'd like some workstations connect through my 1st internet account and some through my second one.
The workstations are in a workgroup. They're not in a domain. So They don't have a server. One…
Kamyar
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How can I log bandwidth used and throttle speeds on Windows home network?
I am researching a mobile satellite internet solution (I know it's terrible, I have my reasons). The plans are slow and they have harsh bandwidth limits. I'm a single user that is spoiled by home and office broadband. I need to perform two tasks…
Steve K
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Workaround to set an http proxy on a Samsung Smart TV?
I would to set a foreigner http proxy on my Samsung smart tv in order to use some applications available to use just on that country.
Samsung does not let change the the proxy server via configuration, so I tried to share the ethernet connection on…
MarMan
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Internet Explorer's proxy settings not getting saved
When I connect to my workplace LAN I have to use a company proxy. This proxy is set as usual in IE's LAN settings.
The picture below (taken from Google Images as my Windows is not English-localized) shows the typical configuration
The problem is…
usr-local-ΕΨΗΕΛΩΝ
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Can one set up a proxy server to accelerate web browsing?
I'm curious if there is any open source proxy-server-like software out there that I can use to accelerate web surfing. Amazon's Silk browser/platform for the Kindle, and Opera Mini do this for mobile clients; I'm mostly thinking about setting this…
gatoatigrado
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Authenticating proxy like CNTLM but without the NTLM
On one of the corporate networks I log into, I use CNTLM to centralise my proxy settings. It's great, because when I have to change my password every so often, I only need to change it in one spot, and everything else works.
On another network I…
Chris
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How do I find out the type of http proxy server I'm tunneling through?
Following standard online directions, I set up an ssh tunnel at home using putty to access private web pages accessible only on my work network. Fortunately, this just worked; when I sshed into a machine on our private network with the tunneling…
jonderry
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Server to client and client to server communication for security
After analyzing my work situation for quite a while I decided to implement a solution to the sharing problem which we're having at work.
The problem is we have many laptops at work and we need to share internet, files, printer across all. Currently…
Umair A.
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Local proxy server to rotate remote proxies
So I am currently working on a web scraping project in NodeJS, using Puppeteer. I am needing to use and rotate proxies on each request so avoid being blocked by the website.
However, Puppeteer only allows one proxy per browser launch, which cannot…
Im Legion
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