Anonymous proxy server is a routing communications between your computer and the Internet that can hide or mask your unique address to prevent unauthorized access to your computer over the Internet. An address is your computer's digital ID while you are online. By masking this, it helps prevent other web sites that can gain access and gather personal information about you through your unique address. Any anonymous proxy server can hide your online ID by using its own address in place of yours in every outgoing request. It helps protect your privacy while you are online.

You can use these proxy severs to gain access to unblock sites, as well as any other site.

They are three basic approaches for anonymous surfing through the Net:

• Web

Web proxy work through the Web (i.e. cgi proxy or php proxy). You just need to visit server and surf through Web based proxy. Your IP address is anonymous and invisible to any site that you visit because you surf through web proxy that is located on certain server. Web proxies act as anonymous proxy server. You don't need to install or configure anything.

• Direct

Direct require the surfer to modify settings in the browser so that the browser specifically accesses the proxy server providing the anonymous services. Some of these proxies require that the surfer make the changes manually to the browser while others will modify the settings with the expressed permission of the surfer.

• Client

Client based applications software that must be installed on user PC. They act as a local proxy server on your PC and allow you to surf the Web anonymous protecting your privacy. There are many applications that allow you to surf anonymously i.e. JAP, Tor, GhostSurf, Rutschomat, A4proxy, Multiproxy, ProxyRama etc. Some clients provide their own severs for surfing i.e. JAP, Tor, GhostSurf.