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Originally Posted by Sociable
AFAIK this is what is meant by a "transparent" proxy ie it is designed not to mask the true IP because at times it is actually essential the true IP gets detected. The problem has been that this appears to not always be the case and the proxies used are not always as "transparent" as they should be.
This is just a guess though and I'm sure one of the Tech experts can provide a more detailed explanation if my guess is incorrect.
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I think you will find that a Transparent Proxy is one that is invisible to the client, not the server. In other words the client does not know the proxy is there - it thinks it is talking direct to the server. The server will (as posted above) generally think the request is coming from the proxy, not the client.
That is why most "what is my IP" links give the NTL proxy IP and not the client IP. (e.g.
http://www.whatismyip.com/ )