Proxy Scripts Part 1
I’m going to be honest here and let you know that there are only 2 commonly used proxy scripts and they are PHProxy and CGIProxy, basically one of them is a PHP Proxy and the other is a CGI proxy if you can’t tell from the names. They both have their advantages and disadvantages so here’s to looking at them to help you decide which to use, but first things first and here’s the good news:
They’re both free
PHProxy
Website Description: PHProxy is a Web HTTP proxy programmed in PHP to bypass firewalls and other proxy restrictions through a Web interface very similar to the popular CGIProxy. School/country/company blocked your favorite Website? Look no further! The server that this script runs on simply acts as a medium that retrieves resources for you. The only IP address shown will be the server’s IP address. So basically, it is indirect browsing. The only catch being that the server has to have access to those otherwise inaccessible resources.
Advantages:
Completely free, just a download required
Setup in minutes, just upload the files to your server and its ready to use
Has lots of themes available Free on the internet
Well known and simple to use
Disadvantages:
Uses up a lot of bandwidth
Default theme is pretty ugly
Cant login to certain websites
Checkboxes are not that simple to remove
PHProxy is what I use on all of my websites (proxies) and it has done me no harm or had any real issues. The only thing I don’t like about it is the checkboxes and the fact there’s no quick solution to removing them and I couldn’t really find a decent guide on the internet so something I’m going to have to look into more. Just because I use PHProxy doesn’t mean you have too so here’s a look at CGI Proxy on the following Post.
May 9th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Thanks for the excellent post. Though I haven’t been running a proxy for long, I have noticed a couple of things about PHProxy.
It definitely is simple to use. However, it’s not just bandwidth that gets eaten up. I think the main thing that running the script affects is CPU utilization. It just goes through the roof even with relatively light traffic.
CGIproxy may perform better in such a case, but I’d hate to have to play with Perl code again. There was also one written in Python, but it was worse than both of these in terms of being customizeable and easy to setup.
May 10th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
I dont understand the big deal with Proxy sites
They are popping up everywhere.
Why are they so popular?
May 10th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
Sajjad Glad you liked the post and thanks for the comments. CGI Proxy is better for logging into sites but the best proxies out there all seem to run on either phproxy or a custom script. I havnt seen CPU issues but im eating through XXX GB per month at the mo
Fat Aussie - Theres lots of people needing proxies at school and certain proxies get blocked by countries all the time so people need new ones, hence why so many people make them because there is enough demand
March 28th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Thanks for the post, very informative. I am new to proxies and I have been confused on which to use. Thanks to your post, I will stay with the PHP and build a network with those.
May 20th, 2008 at 11:20 am
hey
look for this peace
if ($_flags['include_form'] && !isset($_GET['nf']))
{
$_url_form = ”
. ‘ Address: ‘
. ‘ [go: ‘;
foreach ($_flags as $flag_name => $flag_value)
{
if (!$_frozen_flags[$flag_name])
{
$’ /> ‘ . $_labels[$flag_name][0] . ‘ ‘;
}
}
the $_labels are the labels for the checkboxes defined earlier….
the form is the whole thing with checkboxes included