Anonymous Proxy Servers Every time you type a URL into your Web
browser and click Enter, your computer sends a request to a Web
server, which then delivers the Web page back to you. To do
this, the Web server needs to know your IP address. So much for
surfing anonymously, right? Not necessarily: One way to avoid
revealing your IP address to every Web server you contact is to
use a proxy server. A proxy server is a machine that sits
between you and the rest of the Internet. Every page request you
make goes through the proxy server first. An anonymous proxy
server is a special kind of proxy loaded with software that
erases your IP address from any page requests and substitutes
its own. When the page is sent back by the Web server, the proxy
server then forwards it along to you free of any additional
software scripts that might compromise your identity. The most
popular kind of anonymous proxy servers are Web-based proxies.
All you have to do is go to the Web site of the proxy service,
enter the desired URL in a