proxies

[SALGUOD]

PROXIES GOOD BAD OR UGLY.TO USE OR NOT TO USE THAT IS THE QUESTION.IS THERE A BENEFIT IN DAIL UP WITHOUT LAN CONNECTION WHATS TO BE TRUSTED AND WHO.ANYONE COULD YOU POINT IN RIGHT DIRECTION    :?:

[Sir Cracked of the Mind]

If you just have the one or two computers I won't worry about a software proxy server, it would just use up resources to no real effect, they are normally use by large networks,.

A proxy server can either be a piece of hardware or a piece of software. They are generally used by larger networks or ISPS. A proxy server works when a user requests a web page from a remote web server, the page will pass through the networks proxy server and a copy of the page will be taken and stored locally on the proxy server. If another person on the same network requests the same page, instead of having to request the page from the remote web server it is taken from the local proxy server. If you are on a busy proxy server then your surfing experience can be a very slow one. The network can also use filtering software with the proxy server to filter the types of pages that are let on to the network.

You can also use a proxy at home if you wish by setting up a network and installing the firewall and anti-virus software etc. on the proxy, which would free up resources on the secondary computer for extra BOINC-ing.

Not sure where your living, but I would get off dial up if I could there are lots of packages out there at broadband speeds costing a lot less than dial up, with the speed advantage.

[sigma-7]

You could use this one

http://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html

It's based in Germany and is free to use. Just configure your browser and away you go