Types of mobile proxies

HTTP - mobile proxies

HTTP mobile proxies are the most common type of proxy. The main purpose is to organize the work of browsers and other programs using the TCP protocol. Standard ports 80, 8080, 3128.

How it works: a program or browser sends a request to a proxy server to open a specific URL of a resource. The proxy server receives data from the requested resource and sends this data to your browser.

HTTP proxies allow:

• Cache downloaded files to increase the speed of opening websites;
• Get access to certain resources that you have limited access to;
• Filter data.

HTTP (S) - mobile proxies

(secure) with support for secure SSL connection. These proxies are used when it is required to transfer secret information (for example, usernames / passwords, plastic card numbers). Standard ports 80, 8080, 3128.

When using a regular HTTP proxy, all information transmitted through it can be intercepted using the proxy itself or at a lower level.

For example, all Internet providers intercept and log absolutely all your activity on the Internet. These logs are stored by the provider and are reasonable evidence of your actions on the Internet. Therefore, for the security of personal data, the HTTPS protocol is used, while all transmitted traffic is encrypted with a strong algorithm.

How it works: the proxy server connects to the resource and your traffic is encrypted. With this method, there is no way to find out exactly what information is transmitted through the proxy server (this limits the use of the proxy as a filter). Also, the proxy does not participate in the encryption and decryption process. This is done by the client program (browser) and the target server.

Thus, the HTTPS proxy is engaged in passive transmission of encrypted information and does not perform any processing of the transmitted information. This method of operation allows the use of HTTPS proxy to transfer almost any TCP protocol. That is, HTTPS proxy can be used as POP3, SMTP, IMAP, NNTP proxy.

SOCKS - mobile proxies

Today Socks proxy is the most advanced information transfer protocol. The Socks protocol was designed for programs that are not supportedlive using proxies directly. Standard ports 1080, 1081.

This protocol has gone through many changes and currently there are two versions of the protocol in use:

• Socks 4 only supports TCP connections;
• Socks 5 supports TCP, UDP, login and password authentication.

Socks does not moderate HTTP headers. Socks-server will transmit information through itself in its pure form. Therefore, all Socks servers are anonymous.

Socks proxy does not transmit information about your IP address. The website will not be able to detect proxy usage. The connection to the website will be completely transparent, just as if you were working directly with it. In this case, the website will see the IP address of the proxy, and not your real IP address.

Socks supports all protocols including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP.