How do I open a website with a proxy?

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Within the Tech Board forums, part of the Community Boards category; I want to open up a web site to my friends and relatives. The site is blocked by the .

I want to open up a web site to my friends and relatives. The site is blocked by the school. How do I open up a website with a proxy?

Re: How do I open a website with a proxy? >>The site is blocked by the school. The best way to do this is to use a "proxy" or an "extension" on your browser. This will let you type in any address you want, and it will show you the "proxy" version of the site, with the school being blocked out of sight.

If you want the normal version of the site (with the school logo on it), then you need to find another way to get to it. One thing to try is a "dynamic IP" or a "network share" It is quite likely that they are blocking access to sites like this because they are afraid of students accessing them. Thanks for the reply. That is what I thought. I would just want to open the site and have a good look around and see what the school has to offer. I'm sure they have great classes and stuff. I'm thinking about taking my GED this fall. I have all my ACT/SAT scores already.

I am not trying to hide anything from anyone. You can't use a proxy or open a website with a proxy unless the site supports it. The whole idea of a proxy is to get around an IP blocking system. You are opening a site directly to your computer, which is not being blocked.

That's a good question. It really depends on what they are doing to block the site. If they are simply filtering or blocking then it won't work. If they are blocking based on the IP then you would need to know the IP of the site.

Does proxy unblock websites?

The answers to this question vary depending on your definition of "proxy".

What proxy does unblock websites? A "proxy" is software that acts as an intermediary between your computer and the Internet. This can be used for several purposes.

In order to make a website appear as though it is available in your country, a proxy server is used. The proxy can sit somewhere in between you and the website, and it will see what you see and send you the same information. When you open a page in a web browser, the browser talks directly to the website and the website responds. The proxy sends your browser a copy of the response, so that it can look like the response is coming from where you are.

You can use a proxy server for another purpose: To make all your traffic appear as though it is coming from another place. For example, suppose you are visiting an email server to send an email. The server sees your IP address and says "You're coming from Russia!"

"What do you mean I'm coming from Russia? I just came from my office! My wife is driving me home!". The proxy server replies: "I know, but your traffic is coming from Russia." You don't know what kind of server you are sending your email to, but it doesn't matter: Your email will come from Russia because you are sending it from a server located in Russia. It's important to realize that the server that you send your email to doesn't actually know or care what country you are in. What it does care about is your IP address. If your IP address is coming from Russia, it will treat you as coming from Russia.

Now, suppose your ISP tells you that you are only allowed to visit certain sites at certain times. You don't want to get into trouble, so you tell your ISP that you are going to visit those sites later. So when you visit them later, the server that you are talking to doesn't know you are coming from your home. You are still coming from Russia.

It's worth noting that any country can tell you what your IP address is by asking your ISP. That's why proxies work. The country that you are sending your traffic from is completely unaware that you are sending the traffic, and the proxy does the work.