A proxy preserves your anonymity on the Internet by acting as intermediary between you and the websites you visit. You send requests to the proxy server, which then forwards it to the website. The website sends the information to the proxy which then sends it to you. A proxy server can also allow you to go to sites whose access is restricted to computers on a particular network, by using an IP address for that network. An example is a proxy that allows access to academic databases a school has subscribed to. You can log onto a proxy using the setting within your Internet browser. Writer Bio
