#What is Proxy??
A proxy is a server that acts as a gateway between your computer and your destination (website, IRC chat, etc.). These proxies receiverequests from users to view, for example, a web page. The proxy will then forward the request to the internet, find your requested page,then send the web page back to you, the user. Most proxies come with a cache (sounds like “cash”) feature that saves former websitesthat were visited on that proxy. Think of cache as a proxy’s storage room. Each site that you make the proxy visit, it saves in its ownstorage area (cache). So if the user or someone else requests the same site again later on, the proxy will go back into its cache, find theweb page and send it back to the user. This saves time because the proxy doesn’t have to go search the Internet for the web page. It justpulls the site out of its cache.
#Use of proxies to stay anonymous...
The use of proxies to stay anonymous is a favorite thing to do among people on the Internet who are either paranoid or just securityconscious. The anonymity factor comes from the proxy’s ability to hide your true Internet address. For example, if I were to run a scanon your computer right now, I would get the Internet address that was given to you by your ISP (internet service provider), but if I were toscan you while you were using a proxy, then I would get the Internet address of the proxy server. Basically the whole proxy picture lookslike this…
[User]>>>>>[Proxy]>>>>>[Web Pages]
Simple enough, right? So now let’s get to the chaining part.
#What is Proxy chaining???
Proxy chaining is merely connecting to more than one proxy and then to your intended destination. You can use as many proxy serversas you can or want. The more you have, the more anonymous you will be. Remember, it doesn’t matter how many proxies you chaintogether, you will never be 100% anonymous. Let’s look at an example…
[User]>>>>>[Proxy1]>>>>>[Proxy
The example shows that for a proxy chain to be created, the user must first connect to Proxy1. Once the user is connected to Proxy1,from Proxy1, the user will connect to Proxy2, from Proxy2, the user will connect to Proxy3, from Proxy3, the user will connect to Proxy4,from Proxy4, the user will then connect to the intended destination (web page, Unix server, ftp server, etc.).
Now the problem with proxies is they tend to “die out” in a few weeks or less. Itall depends. So if Proxy2 were to cease functioning, the chain wouldn’t work. You would need to get rid of Proxy2 and justuse Proxy1,Proxy3, and Proxy4 or find another proxy to take Proxy2’s place. This is why proxy chaining can be a real pain if you are using them justto surf the net...
#Proxy chaining Tutorial...
Proxy chaining is a necessity if you plan on using proxies to execute a “hack”. If you are attempting to gain unauthorized remote accessto any server, whether it is through telnet, ftp, or http, chaining is a must. As I said, you will never be 100% anonymous no matter whatyou do online so it is possible that you still can be tracked even if u chain proxies. Chaining justmakes it a lot hard to track someone. Tomake it even harder, its best to use foreign proxies because if someone wanted to trace you, they would need to get logs of your use of each proxy from each proxy administrator. This could take quite a while or even never at all if one of the proxy’s, or all for that matter,belong to an admin in a country that isn’t too fond of the country you are located in. The longer it takes for the authorities to subpoenathe logs of your usage of a single proxy from that proxy’s administrator, the more chance that the other proxies that you used in thechain will have their logs deleted by the time anyone gets to the server administrators of those proxies. So when attempting to do anykind of “hack”, it’s best to use at least five or six proxies in a chain.
#HTTP chaining
HTTP chaining is basically chaining a proxy server in your browser’s address bar.
Example:
http:// proxy. magusnet. com/-_-http:// www. google. com
Notice how the above proxy and destination are seperated by a (-_-) If you wanted to make a chain out of this you would simplyadd another proxy ex. (http:// proxy.server1. com/-_-http:// proxy.server2. com/-_-http:// www.destination. com)
#Browsing chaining
To browser chain is fairly easy. I’ll use Internet Explorer as an example since I believe it is the browser that most people have and use.First you need to find the Internet Options. You can do this by either finding the Explorer icon on the desktop, right click on it, then pressproperties or if you have a browser window already opened if you are online then you can go to Tools (or sometimes its View) and pressInternet Options. Now that you have the Internet Options window up you can now go to the Connections tab, then go to the first Settingsbutton (not LAN Settings, the one above it) and click it. Now you should be in the Settings box. Put a check in the box where it says toUse a proxy server. Now if you wanted to surf using one proxy you would merely put the proxy in the Address: space and put the proxy’sport number in the Port: space. To use a chain here you would put in a proxy along with a “:” colon then the port number followed by aspace separting the next proxy then a “:” colon then the port number then a space and so on. The last proxy you add should have itsport number placed inside the Port: space. If you did it, then it should look like this exactly…
Address:
213.234.124.23:80 121.172.148.23:80 143.134.54.67
Port: 80
***Notice that each proxy:port is separated by a space and that the last proxy has its port number placed in the Port: space. Do notcheck the box marked “Bypass proxy server for local addresses”. Press OK when you see that everything is in working order***
#Wingates
A wingate is a proxy server that someone installs onto his/her computer which allows for a single or multiple online connection to takeplace through port 23, the default telnet port. Depending on their security, some wingates will allow anyone online to connect to themand usually stay “alive” or “working” anywhere from a few days to even months. There are people out there that scan for these Wingatesand post the computer’s IP number or domain on their website to give anyone online a free list of them to use. You can also scan them yourself by using programs like WinScan...
