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Transparent proxy
- A transparent proxy announces to the world that
it's a proxy, and passes on your information. It
provides no privacy improvements.
Anonymous proxy
- An anonymous proxy offers the caching benefits of
a transparent proxy, while hiding your IP address
(by replacing with either the proxies IP, or a
random address. The downside to this approach is
that sites that use address detection to establish
unique users (online games, voting, some logins)
will not be able to distinguish you from others in
your domain. Of course, that might be a bonus
sometimes.
Elite proxy
- A highly anonymous (often known as an elite proxy)
makes your system look the same as a non-proxies
system (with the proxy servers IP address). This
provides the best security. There's no way to detect
an elite proxy.
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