Proxy Servers

[NIN_Man]

My Internet server has removed the proxy server! how can this affect in the performance of my internet connection? Do i have to pay even more attention to my own privacy? Please advise!

[morfius]

This could effect your internet performance. Hrms..privacy? I don't think so, unless it was suppose to be an annomynous proxy you were behind.
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[iNViCTuS]

Well...if there is no proxy, there will be a slight change in performance, but your performance should actually improve.

[NIN_Man]

i read somewhere on the net that proxy servers were created to improve your internet connection and improve your pc security...

thx!

[iNViCTuS]

Well...a proxy server on your local network could improve performance because it caches the web pages and sends them to you over your LAN instead of re-downloading it from the net. But in this case....the proxy server is located on the Internet, so even i the pages were cached, they would still have to pulled across the Internet link. Removing the proxy in this case would reduce latency.

A proxy server can provide a good level of security, but there is only one problem...you do not have control over it. If you had your own proxy, i would say it is a good ideas, but since it is the iSP's proxy. Better off without it...