Glype proxy is currently one of the most popular proxy scripts written in php. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure your Glype proxy script. You may check the demo site at: http://GoYap.net/glype/

Most web proxy webmasters use third-party ad services. Some ad providers are good, some do not allow web proxy, and some may run away after a few months. In this tutorial, I will introduce you a few reputable (for web proxy sites) ad providers.

This TheProxyGuide.com tutorial shows you how to find the latest web proxy. If your ISP keeps block web proxy sites, you need find latest web proxy from specialized list, e.g., UnrestrictedSurf.com. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed to get fresh proxy list in real time.

Socks proxy is a type of tunneling using socks 4 or socks 5 protocols.

Tunneling proxy may have various meanings; but most time, this refers to socks proxy. As the name suggests, socks proxy use sock 4 or 5 protocol, which performs at an intermediate layer between the presentation layer and the transport layer. Socks (tunneling) proxy can be used for any form of TCP or UDP socket connection. This means it can be used for most application software (in addition to http connections), e.g., instant messenger.  

Open proxy may have different interpretations, e.g., some geeks deem web-based proxy as open proxy; others may confuse open proxy with unauthentic proxies. Open proxy usually is similar to web-based proxy (e.g., using http protocol), but there are some differences. Web-based proxy retrieves resources for the client, and at the same time some modifications were also made. For example, most web-based proxy scripts rewrite the java script and act as client directly. But most open proxy only fetch the resources and do not make any modifications. Because open proxy uses http protocol for the connections between the client and the proxy server. This makes it different from tunneling, or socks proxy.  

Using secure web proxy through https connections may bypass the monitor of your local ISP. This is a SWF video. This tutorial show you how to use one of the secure web proxy (Utopianpal.com).

Surrogafier is another proxy script similar to PHProxy. The script only include one php file. The script is not very popular among web proxy webmasters. The initial release (0.7.4.1.b) date was January 9, 2006, and there has been no update since May 6, 2006 (Version 1.0-rc3), according to the project website.

Zelune is another proxy script written in PHP. Its history is quite long; but it has not widely used, partially due to its unclear license terms. It is free, but the license terms was never clearly stated in the download page or with in the script. Also, there are two confusing variations: zelune.com and zelune.net. Now a new member, Phphantom scripts (which was released under GPL), was added to this family in 2008. The website claims that Phphantom scripts will merge with Zelune script; but it seems it is not available at this time yet.

CGIProxy is a free (for non-commercial use only) proxy script written in Perl. The copyright of the script is apparently owned by James Marshall. The script was initially (1.0) release on August 3, 1998. Here is the detailed comparison of PHProxy, CGIProxy and Glype.