It seems some filtering software now also blocks web proxy list sites. So, this may give you some troubles in getting the latest web proxy. For example, a few users reported recently they cannot access the most active web proxy list, UnRestrictedSurf, which is hosted by us. This is not the end of the world. Even your school or company blocks web proxy list sites, you can still get the list of latest web proxy  through Twitter, Email, RSS feed and Yahoo group. Here is how. From Twitter. Once a web proxy is approved (it is free, but we need make sure it is really a free web proxy) on our list, it will be immediately twitted. Normally, this happens daily except Saturday and Sunday. So, you can just follow us on Twitter to get the latest web proxy immediately. Simple, right?  3 of the latest tweets are also shown on the sidebar of this blog. From Email. Many of you probably don't know, we maintain a proxy newsletter, which sends the latest web proxy listed on unrestrictedsurf.com. The newsletter usually is sent weekly, or bi-weekly if there are so many new listings. So, you can subscribe here. Please choose web proxy in…

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.  

Web-based proxy, some times called web proxy, usually refers to a type of proxy service through web servers. A client connects to the service provider's website (proxy server), then type the web address he/she wants to browse. The proxy server fetches the contents, and passes them to the client. By using web-based proxy, the client may access sites blocked by their local ISP or parents. For example, social networking sites, e.g., myspace and facebook, were blocked in some US and UK schools. The pupils may use web-based proxy to bypass the blocking and access these sites. Similarly, in some countries, the internet is censored for various purposes. Some users in these countries may also use web proxy to access the blocked sites. Some users use web proxy for privacy considerations, and they do not want to disclose their IP info to such untrusted sites. In this case, their info will very likely only be recorded in the proxy server. Web-based proxy usually is powered by a few proxy scrips, including CGIProxy, PHProxy, Glype, Zelune and Surrogafier.