Proxy Surfing: A Bypass Strategy

Writing from Bangladesh in the wake of facebook ban. Govt. of the people’s republic of Bangladesh did what it thought best. Many people are trying to bypass the block with proxy server but I don’t support them, not even slightly. But that is not the point.

Net surfing these days is pretty much like shouting your home address around the globe. Wherever you go, you leave trail of your IP address. IP address can be used to attack your machine. Better use proxy IP. My idea is

• search the net for proxy IPs of your desired countries. Here’s a easy site:http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list/
• Copy an IP address
• Open Firefox, go to options under tools, then go to the advanced tab, then to the network tab. Then click settings
• Select Manual Proxy Configuration and then paste the IP in Http Proxy field
• Click ok and enjoy safer surfing.

WARNING: This way you can also get around blocked sites. So be careful. Don’t use this for entering blocked sites. Take these steps at your own risk as you should not enter sites blocked for some reasons.