Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Cable Guy
So the proxy could be rubbish then and even if it was rubbish and anything got through my pc would be stealthed and would block it ? Is there any real reason for using proxys anyway, i have only been using it because it was on there after setting up ntl and have only just started doing some digging and learning a little more about computers.
|
Hi again cableguy,
One other thing to bear in mind is that proxies as such use two different ports, for incoming traffic from your browser or http traffic it is usually 8080 or 3128.
Then the outgoing trafiic which is used to pull in the information from the actual web server is normally directed through port 80.
Its late and am going from memory etc but someone will no doubt correct me if I am wrong.
Take a look
here for the full pros and cons of using proxies.
.