How to use a http proxy using firefox

Tutorial on how to use a proxy to hide your IP address when surfing the web. This tutorial covers use with the firefox browser although IE is exceptionally similar.

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• proxy
• annoymous
• surf
• browser
• firefox
• informationleak

[SpunkBlobs]

I am in the UK, Europe, and there is a bit of cloak & dagger stuff going on wrt blacklisted sites the government block access to from my country. For my interest these include file servers such as Oron. There are pdf's I want to DL from Oron but for the many many proxies I've tried I cannot DL pdf's "You have requested PDF content. CoDeeN cannot be used to access such content.". How do I get to DL pdfs? I never see any ref to CoDeeN in the proxy lists.

[systemerror11]

@SpunkBlobs Try another proxy or maybe even a different listing - codeen is just a type of proxy that used caching (among other things) to make them faster, and apparently in your case, doesnt like pdfs.

If you are really having trouble, I suggest you look into TOR. Hope that helps.

[phr4nk3rd00d13]

>_< my brother knows more about this stuff than i do and he's younger than me but he says that he doesn't trust these because they can steal your passwords and other sensitive information.......... any feedback to that?

[systemerror11]

@phr4nk3rd00d13 That can be true. When you are using these proxies all of your traffic is being forwarded through it so it is possible that someone can sniff all of that traffic, much as someone can do the same from a public hotspot or even your home network.

Generally speaking most logins are SSL so at least the credentials are encrypted, but yes, it is something to be aware of. Your brother is technically correct... which is the best kind of correct!

[marvrks]

***WARNING*** ***IMPORTANT*** Be very creful which of these ip and proxy sites you visit and use. MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION WAS STOLEN AND USED.

[TheGrownUpAdult]

Firefox won't load any pages when i use a proxy. :s

[iRyaan]

@marvrks It's amazing you would expect any better when you're using random free proxies to connect to your bank. Obviously they have the ability to view that information your sending to what ever website your browsing THROUGH THEIR servers.

Why were you doing online banking though a proxy anyways? People usually use proxies to access websites that they have either been IP banned from or are unavailable to their region. It's pure stupidity to blame for having your info stolen.

[systemerror11]

@justinrpg @justinrpg That proxy server may be down. Try another!

[justinrpg]

@TheGrownUpAdult same problem for me!!!!

[SpunkBlobs]

@systemerror11 Thanks . Appreciate your reply. I actually found a solution last night while surfing around I found another site which links to hosters I can use, like depositfiles and hotfile. Next time I need to try and circumvent my Government I will skip hide my ass lists and try another as you suggest. I tried to use TOR a good while ago (I think when it was just coming out years back) but couldn't install a prog for it Thanks again..

[ProxyBoss]

Brilliant visual guide that details every step to achieve proxy surfing. A easy and simple to read article that is worthy of subscribing!

This is another article to I found similar to anonymous surfing. Hope it will assist more people in understanding the process more effectively and the importance to people's rights to privacy.

For a full comprehensive tutorial in using web proxies, visit: bit. ly/k80mDm (*Note: No spaces between dot(.) and ly)