Frequently Asked Questions
General Questions
Proxy Websites
What are the advantages and disadvantages of proxy websites?
Is it legal to use webproxies?
What should I be cautious about when using anonymous proxy?
Proxy servers / Open proxies
What are the advantages and disadvantages of open proxies?
How safe is it to use open proxy servers?
I configured my browser properly, but it is not working for me
General Questions
What is a proxy?
A proxy can mean different things in computing sense, but the meaning most useful to you is "something that acts as a bridge or buffer between your computer and the web
Why should I use a proxy?
You know why you want to use a proxy if you're here. Anyway, you can use a proxy to unblock myspace or any other websites filtered by your school or office, or to protect your privacy and hide your IP address from malicious webmasters
Is it legal to use proxies?
Yes and No. It is legal in most countries, but in some countries like China, it is prohibited. Moreover, your school might punish you for breaking the rules and viewing blocked sites. Roughly speaking, it is legal as long as your activity is legal. Please read your country's cyber laws carefully for more information and confirmation.
What is an IP Address? How can I find my IP?
Every computer connected to the internet is assigned a number by which it is identified. Your IP will normally look like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx The value of each xxx can be a maximum of 255. You can visit our home page to find your ip.
Proxy Websites
What are proxy websites?
Proxy websites or web proxies let you surf the web anonymously. Strictly speaking, there are not proxies. When you visit a site like myspace through these proxies, the data is first fetched to their server and served to you.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of proxy websites?
Advantages are that these are pretty easy to use and requires no configuration, but these type of proxies have their fair share of disadvantages. There are certain security risks involved, some sites don't allow scripts to run and limit the download limit and most of the webproxies can't stream videos.
How do I use these proxies?
As mentioned earlier, these proxies don't need any configuration. Just visit a proxy website, enter a web address in their form.
Is it legal to use webproxies?
Webproxies have same legal risks as any proxy. Additionally, don't forget to read the site's disclaimer and terms of service.
What should I be cautious about when using anonymous proxy?
There are certain security risks involved while using webproxies. A wicked and greedy webmaster can steal your personal data.
The proxy I'm using is blocked too
Well, there is not much you can do about it. Try to visit the side using a secure connection(like https://proxy.com). It might work with any websites that support SSL since a secure connection cannot be blocked according to law. If it doesn't work, try another proxy.
Where can I find webproxies?
You can try our list of proxy websites. If you need more proxyes, go to proxy.org, they list thousands of proxies.
Proxy servers / Open proxies
What are open proxies?
Open proxies are proxy servers open to everybody. They are usually in host:port format
What are the advantages and disadvantages of open proxies?
Many open proxies normally work with most websites. On the negative side, your browser needs to be configured and they have their own security risks.
How do I use them?
You need to configure your browser to work with proxy servers. This process differs from browser to browser and even version to version. Please refer to this article for more information.
How safe is it to use open proxy servers?
Open proxies come with higher security risks compared to webproxies. You can easily come across a proxy server setup by a hacker. Make sure you don't submit important information or login to important sites hile using them.
Where can I get proxy lists?"
You can try our our proxylists. Samair.ru provides thousands of fresh proxies everyday and there are many other quality sites. Just google "proxy lists" or "fresh proxy list".
I configured my browser properly, but it is not working for me
There can be several reasons for that. Your location might be too far from the server location, your isp might be blocking that port, the proxy administrator might block your ip due to abuse or the proxy's dead.
Is it legal to use open proxies?
In addition to the legal problems discussed before, the server might not be actually meant to be open and left open by a hacker or a lazy administrator. If you receive any password prompt while using a proxy, immediately disable it.
What are codeen proxies?
Codeen proxies are run by planetlab network. They normally use 6866*, 312* port numbers. The features of these proxies are very limited and they are unusable for most websites, but they are almost gaurenteed to work. They also log all user activity.
General Questions
Proxy Websites
What are the advantages and disadvantages of proxy websites?
Is it legal to use webproxies?
What should I be cautious about when using anonymous proxy?
Proxy servers / Open proxies
What are the advantages and disadvantages of open proxies?
How safe is it to use open proxy servers?
I configured my browser properly, but it is not working for me
General Questions
What is a proxy?
A proxy can mean different things in computing sense, but the meaning most useful to you is "something that acts as a bridge or buffer between your computer and the web
Why should I use a proxy?
You know why you want to use a proxy if you're here. Anyway, you can use a proxy to unblock myspace or any other websites filtered by your school or office, or to protect your privacy and hide your IP address from malicious webmasters
Is it legal to use proxies?
Yes and No. It is legal in most countries, but in some countries like China, it is prohibited. Moreover, your school might punish you for breaking the rules and viewing blocked sites. Roughly speaking, it is legal as long as your activity is legal. Please read your country's cyber laws carefully for more information and confirmation.
What is an IP Address? How can I find my IP?
Every computer connected to the internet is assigned a number by which it is identified. Your IP will normally look like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx The value of each xxx can be a maximum of 255. You can visit our home page to find your ip.
Proxy Websites
What are proxy websites?
Proxy websites or web proxies let you surf the web anonymously. Strictly speaking, there are not proxies. When you visit a site like myspace through these proxies, the data is first fetched to their server and served to you.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of proxy websites?
Advantages are that these are pretty easy to use and requires no configuration, but these type of proxies have their fair share of disadvantages. There are certain security risks involved, some sites don't allow scripts to run and limit the download limit and most of the webproxies can't stream videos.
How do I use these proxies?
As mentioned earlier, these proxies don't need any configuration. Just visit a proxy website, enter a web address in their form.
Is it legal to use webproxies?
Webproxies have same legal risks as any proxy. Additionally, don't forget to read the site's disclaimer and terms of service.
What should I be cautious about when using anonymous proxy?
There are certain security risks involved while using webproxies. A wicked and greedy webmaster can steal your personal data.
The proxy I'm using is blocked too
Well, there is not much you can do about it. Try to visit the side using a secure connection(like https://proxy.com). It might work with any websites that support SSL since a secure connection cannot be blocked according to law. If it doesn't work, try another proxy.
Where can I find webproxies?
You can try our list of proxy websites. If you need more proxyes, go to proxy.org, they list thousands of proxies.
Proxy servers / Open proxies
What are open proxies?
Open proxies are proxy servers open to everybody. They are usually in host:port format
What are the advantages and disadvantages of open proxies?
Many open proxies normally work with most websites. On the negative side, your browser needs to be configured and they have their own security risks.
How do I use them?
You need to configure your browser to work with proxy servers. This process differs from browser to browser and even version to version. Please refer to this article for more information.
How safe is it to use open proxy servers?
Open proxies come with higher security risks compared to webproxies. You can easily come across a proxy server setup by a hacker. Make sure you don't submit important information or login to important sites hile using them.
Where can I get proxy lists?"
You can try our our proxylists. Samair.ru provides thousands of fresh proxies everyday and there are many other quality sites. Just google "proxy lists" or "fresh proxy list".
I configured my browser properly, but it is not working for me
There can be several reasons for that. Your location might be too far from the server location, your isp might be blocking that port, the proxy administrator might block your ip due to abuse or the proxy's dead.
Is it legal to use open proxies? In addition to the legal problems discussed before, the server might not be actually meant to be open and left open by a hacker or a lazy administrator. If you receive any password prompt while using a proxy, immediately disable it.
What are codeen proxies?
Codeen proxies are run by planetlab network. They normally use 6866*, 312* port numbers. The features of these proxies are very limited and they are unusable for most websites, but they are almost gaurenteed to work. They also log all user activity.