Touted as "the open source firewall," you'd expect T.REX Firewall to be completely open source. But for the latest release of the product (version 2), no source is available. The firewall itself is a ...

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A proxy server is an intermediate gateway that you can use to exchange information with internet resources and websites. A proxy server can help mask or disguise your presence online by hiding your ...

Once upon a time the thought of a firewalled, cordoned, and censored web was enough to send chills up the spine of any internet user. As the years have passed, however, our sentiment has softened. A ...

The best proxy sites act as intermediaries between your device and the internet. When you use a proxy server, your online traffic gets routed through it before reaching its final destination. It ...

Proxy services give you access to millions of IP addresses around the world but some are more likely to be blocked than ...

VPNs and proxies share similarities, but they are not the same, specifically in the security features they offer. Both make your IP address private and help you access geo-blocked content, but only ...

A proxy is a middleman server between you and the rest of the internet. Most often proxies are associated with VPNs (virtual private networks), but there are other use cases. In this context, a proxy ...