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How exactly does a proxy work?

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If I want to connect to say, IP 100.100.100.100, Port 80, my computer will send a tcp packet with this adress into the wire. Now If I use a proxy server say, 200.200.200.200 Port 8080 (such kind of proxy that you can set up in internet explorer) how is this process changed? When I still want to con…

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The HTTP request is sent from Client to port 8080 of the Proxy Server. The Proxy Server then originates a new HTTP request to the destination site. The proxy, depending on the configuration, will often add a "X-Forwarded-For" header to the HTTP requ…

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