{"id":1016,"date":"2023-04-28T09:17:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2024-02-06T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:13:23","slug":"best-proxy-server","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/business\/best-proxy-server\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Proxy Server for Your Company in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-are-proxy-servers-used-for\">What Are Proxy Servers Used For?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most common uses of proxies is to circumvent internet censorship and geo-restrictions. In countries with stringent internet censorship laws &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/guides\/bypass-facebook-blocker\/\">such as China and its Great Firewall<\/a> &#8211; people are often prohibited from accessing certain sites such as Facebook or YouTube. However, by using good proxy servers (or advanced VPNs), you can circumvent these internet blockades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is due to the fact that proxy servers can supply you with a new IP tied to a different location. Therefore, when you access an otherwise blocked website through a proxy, you\u2019ll effectively trick the website that you\u2019re in different locations or regions, and you\u2019ll be allowed access.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same vein, the use of IP rotation gives you a dose of anonymity, as your online activities can\u2019t be traced back to you as easily. However, unless you go for dedicated anonymous proxies, chances are the proxy service itself keeps logs. If an investigation was launched and these logs were given over to authorities, you could be identified based on that information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While individuals mainly use proxy servers to preserve anonymity and to circumvent geo-blocking, businesses find a significantly wider scope of use for proxies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Restrict and control employee internet usage<\/strong>. Somewhat contrary to how individuals use proxies, companies can use proxy servers to limit what their employees access when using the company\u2019s network. By using a proxy network, a company can deter workers from accessing nonwork-related and risky websites, which heightens both the productivity and security of the business.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Handle traffic spikes.<\/strong> Companies tend to have multiple servers that host their website and services, with the servers being scattered around multiple locations. The way you unify access to multiple servers hosting your content is through a proxy server, helping you handle much higher volumes of traffic without crashing the servers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Keep business operations private.<\/strong> Through the use of top proxy services, businesses, just like individual users, can keep their operations and activities private. Whether it\u2019s company whistleblowers, R&amp;D teams, or security officers, everyone can rest assured that sensitive activity will be kept safe from prying eyes. Sometimes, corporate researchers might use proxy IPs to scout out other companies and gather large amounts of publicly available data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Added security.<\/strong> A company using a proxy server to safeguard its corporate network also has the benefit of extra security. Since the proxy server handles most outside requests for access, hackers <a href=\"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/articles\/biggest-data-breaches\/\">might breach into the proxy server,<\/a> but your true network will remain safe, at least for a while. Proxy servers are also great for email security and handling potentially harmful attachments, with some adding in encryption to further increase security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed and bandwidth. <a href=\"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/articles\/vpn-infographic\/\">Just like VPNs<\/a>, web proxy servers can sometimes slightly slow down internet connection speeds, as each connection request has to go through the proxy first. However, proxies can also cache frequently visited websites and services, leading to massively improved load times and less bandwidth used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":984,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/product-review.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ivana Vojinovic","author_link":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/author\/ivana-vojinovic\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"[&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1016\/revisions\/2774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dataprot.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}