A proxy server is an easy and secure way to protect your identity online. But is it better than a VPN? We explain how proxies work and whether you should be using one.

A HTTP proxy as you might guess from the name, is designed to work with web traffic only, while a SOCKS proxy can also handle SMTP (email) traffic, FTP (file transfer) traffic, torrenting, and more.

Because Web proxies have been so common for so long, all major Web browsers can be configured to communicate directly through Web proxies in a “proxy-aware” fashion. Alternatively, many Web proxies ...

Unfortunately, HTTP Inspector does not unencrypt HTTPS (encrypted) sessions. I found another tool that does unencrypt HTTPS sessions, however: Fiddler2, written by Eric Lawrence of Microsoft ...