alright jw but if i get a proxy changer does it change EVERYTHING about my computer? i mean not like everything but does it change my ip, service, and the other junk? cuz when i go to some "places" that im banned from it still doesnt work >_>
Hmm... I think the best way to figure that one out Common would be to: Google "How proxies work" then it might tell you more than anyone here could exactly. I will look for you though. I will brb MERGED: This is pretty good eplinations and Deffinitions... I learned a bit from em... Definitions of proxy on the Web: a person authorized to act for another a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn In climate research, a proxy variable is something that is probably not in itself of any great interest, but from which a variable of interest can be obtained. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_(climate) A gateway that relays one Internet session to another. www.stallion.com.au/html/support/glossary.html Software agent that performs a function or operation on behalf of another application or system while hiding the details involved. www.tecrime.com/0gloss.htm Server placed between a user's machine and the Internet. It can act as a firewall to provide protection and as a cache area to speed up Web page display. webmaster.lycos.co.uk/glossary/P/ Written authorization given by a shareholder to someone else to represent him and vote his shares at a shareholders' meeting. www.vss2000.com/glossary/p.asp A person empowered by a shareholder to vote on his behalf at company meetings. www.tiscali.co.uk/money/features/shares_jargon.html A written authorization by a shareholder allowing a representative to vote for or against business proposals and directors at annual meetings. The results of these votes are announced at the meeting. www.tiaa-crefbrokerage.com/invest_glosry_PrPt.htm A firewall mechanism that replaces the IP address of a host on the internal (protected) network with its own IP address for all traffic passing through it. A software agent that acts on behalf of a user, typical proxies accept a connection from a user, make a decision as to whether or not the user or client IP address is permitted to use the proxy, perhaps does additional authentication, and then completes a connection on behalf of the user to a remote destination. www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/compsecurity/glossary.html Document intended to provide shareholders with information necessary to vote in an informed manner on matters to be brought up at a stockholders' meeting. Includes information on closely held shares. Shareholders can and often do give management their proxy, representing the right and responsibility to vote their shares as specified in the proxy statement. www.greekshares.com/termin4.asp A person who represents another, particularly in some meeting. Also, the document giving to another the authority to represent. www.aaamortgagesolutions.com.au/glossary.htm "Proxy" is used in common parlance to mean a proxy card, a proxy power, a proxy statement, or a proxy. The SEC calls the proxy card a "proxy," but the correct definition of a "proxy" is a person who stands in the place of another. In this context, a proxy is a person to whom other people have delegated the power to cast their votes at meeting in accordance with their instructions. A shareholder reviews a proxy statement, marks a proxy card, and grants a proxy power to a specified proxy. cobrands.business.findlaw.com/banking_financing/source/business_events/be22_8glossary.html A computer that acts as a bridge between two computer systems that use different standards, formats, or protocols. www.cs.cornell.edu/wya/DigLib/MS1999/glossary.html A screen-resolution representation of a high-resolution graphic image, used for displaying and editing on a computer monitor. A proxy-based image editing application (such as Live Picture) works by allowing the user to do photographic retouching on a low-resolution representation of an image (the proxy), and then replaying the retouching steps on the high-resolution file when the user is finished. ... www.4dimension.com/glossary.html If a shareholder can not attend a meeting, the shareholder is allowed to vote by proxy. A proxy grants another individual the power to vote on their behalf. www.inc-it-now.com/incorporation-glossary.htm A AAA proxy is an entity that acts as both a client and a server. When a request is received from a client, the proxy acts as a AAA server. When the same request needs to be forwarded to another AAA entity, the proxy acts as a AAA client. A proxy can be employed to provide for the routing of AAA requests. tiefighter.et.tudelft.nl/~arthur/aaa/aaaterms.html Authority or power to act for another. A shareholder's written authorization turning over voting rights to someone else, usually at a shareholder's meeting. www.tiaa-cref.org/pubs/html/financial_terms/op.html a server setup designed to offer either firewall security or faster access to cached content normally accessible only through slower connections. cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/glossary.html An intermediary server that provides Internet access to a pool of workstations. Top www.smoothwall.net/support/glossary.html A form by which a shareholder votes without needing to attend an annual or extraordinary general meeting by appointing someone else to vote on his or her behalf. Proxies can also be used to transfer voting authority to another party. www.btplc.com/Siteservices/Servicesforinvestors/Glossary/Glossary.htm The authority given by an owner of an interest in land to another person to vote on their behalf. www.courts.govt.nz/maorilandcourt/glossary.htm The granting of a shareholder’s voting rights to another party to vote on that shareholder’s behalf because the shareholder is not able to attend a meeting. Delaware allows for electronic proxies. www.incnation.com/inc_101/dispGlossary.cfm This allows an agent to vote on an issue relating to a company in the name of a shareholder in that company. https://www.shareanalysis.com/asp/glossary.asp Representation of an audio or video asset, usually a low-resolution digital version that can be streamed to desktops. Proxies can technically be any representation of an analog source, including hi-resolution versions, for example: MPEG-2. Proxies provide a user with the capability of viewing or hearing an asset online. Virage uses proxy to mean a digital version of an analog source generated by an encoder. ... svi.stanford.edu/vs/accounts/hebrew/search/help/glossary.html An intermediary program which acts as both a server and a client for the purpose of making requests on behalf of other clients. Requests are serviced internally or by passing them on, with possible translation, to other servers. A proxy MUST implement both the client and server requirements of this specification. A "transparent proxy" is a proxy that does not modify the request or response beyond what is required for proxy authentication and identification. ... www.httpsniffer.com/http/0103.htm A server that acts as an intermediary to Web servers and caches commonly accessed files to speed up service. mediacentre.ninemsn.com.au/mediacentre/how_to_buy/glossary.aspx Written authorization from a stockholder that empowers someone to vote in his or her behalf. www.dreyfus.com/content/dr/control
After looking through all of my deffinitions... it does replace all that with the service and place of the proxy. :wub: Thank you common.... =) One of my idols (+)Rep'd me. WEEE
there are 2 kinds of proxys from what I know, the anonoymous kind that covers up your ip being shown, but doesnt mask your "real" ip or w/e so it can be traced. Then there are proxies that totally change your ip so ppl cant trace the source.
