| What is a school proxy? Is it the answer to all the | | | | when it comes to 'going around' the firewall |
| student's problems? In order to understand what | | | | problem. |
| a school proxy is, we have to take a closer look | | | | The answer to that is school proxy. It is the |
| at why it exists in the first place. We will talk a | | | | surfer's answer to the pesky school's firewall. |
| little about the background of school proxy and | | | | Many students will be able to enjoy the freedom |
| how you can learn to use this kind of tool to | | | | of surfing any sites as long as they can master |
| serve your needs. | | | | the tools. |
| Most of the time, people have a lot of difficulties | | | | When you look closely at a computer network, a |
| with accessing their favorite sites such as | | | | proxy server is a computer or simply an |
| Facebook, MySpace, Friendster or many other | | | | application program that requests services of its |
| social networking sites because they are behind a | | | | clients by forwarding requests to other servers. It |
| firewall when they are in school or in an institution. | | | | also serves as an intelligent gateway as well. |
| The reason why this is happening is because most | | | | A School proxy is a proxy site that will give |
| educational institutions do not want their students | | | | students away to bypass the restrictions of a |
| to get addicted to Facebook or other sites that | | | | firewall in school. These proxy sites allow free |
| 'waste' the students precious study times. They | | | | flow of surfing and you will access your Facebook |
| want the kids to focus on their studies and get | | | | profiles easily. |
| good grades. They don't want people to waste | | | | When it comes to looking for the right school |
| their time playing mindless computer games. | | | | proxy, you must choose from a very large list. |
| Another reason why they want to block people | | | | The reason being is that the fire wall might even |
| from those sites is because they want to | | | | ban certain proxy sites once they detect them. |
| discourage them from slowing down the school's | | | | There are many ways you can utilize this to your |
| server. When everybody does it at the same | | | | advantage. All you need to do is get the right kind |
| time, it could result in a lot of lag time for people | | | | of information and you will know how to make full |
| who are using the Internet genuinely to research | | | | use of it easily. There are many other usages of |
| information online. | | | | school proxies. You can play your favorite |
| As a result, most teenagers or young adults who | | | | network games on the network with other |
| are in the school premises are not able to access | | | | friends or people from all over the world. |
| the sites and they always look for alternatives | | | | |