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uProxy was an extension for Chrome and Firefox, [1] which allowed users to access the Internet via a web proxy.This project has been superseded by Outline VPN.The extension works by enabling a user to share their Internet connection with someone else.
Either installing a browser extension, or keeping a tab open to a webpage with the right embedded code, causes one's browser to act as a proxy. [7] Embedding a Snowflake badge in a website allows visitors to make their browser into a proxy, exactly as installing the extension does, but by clicking a button on the website rather than by ...
Proxy management tool HTTPS Everywhere: GPL-2.0-or-later: No No Yes Yes ... Browser extension Firefox Firefox for Android Cookie AutoDelete: Yes Yes Decentraleyes:
Outline is not a true VPN solution but rather a Shadowsocks-based proxy. The two technologies are similar in the way they can be used to redirect network traffic and make it appear as originating from another device (the server), and hide the traffic's final destination from observers and filters until it reaches the proxy server.
It uses Google App Engine servers to provide users with a free proxy service to gain access to blocked information. [2] It is normally used with web browsers. GoAgent was eventually shut down at the request of Chinese law enforcement. [3] A project called XX-Net claims to be "A Reborn GoAgent", [4] with its first release in January 2015. [5]
Caching of proxy auto-configuration results by domain name in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 5.5 or newer limits the flexibility of the PAC standard. In effect, you can choose the proxy based on the domain name, but not on the path of the URL. Alternatively, you need to disable caching of proxy auto-configuration results by editing the registry. [7]
Hola is a freemium web and mobile application which provides a form of VPN service to its users through a peer-to-peer network. It also uses peer-to-peer caching.When a user accesses certain domains that are known to use geo-blocking, the Hola application redirects the request to go through the computers and Internet connections of other users in non-blocked areas, thereby circumventing the ...
HTTPS Everywhere was inspired by Google's increased use of HTTPS [8] and is designed to force the usage of HTTPS automatically whenever possible. [9] The code, in part, is based on NoScript's HTTP Strict Transport Security implementation, but HTTPS Everywhere is intended to be simpler to use than No Script's forced HTTPS functionality which requires the user to manually add websites to a list. [4]