12 Best Tools To Find And Manage Proxy Servers

Proxy Server is “a server that sits between a client application, such as a Web browser, and a real server” (from webopedia.com). It intercepts all requests to the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request to the real server. As an administrator, you can use proxy server to improve the performance of the network as well as filter the requests, etc… In this post, I list here 12 best tools to find and manage proxy servers.

01. Hide IP NG is a tool that allows you to easily hide and change your computer's IP. It will find the proxy server available to you and set it as your proxy server automatically. There is nothing need you to concern. Hide IP NG does everything for you!

02. FreeProxy was developed as a freeware proxy server which has support for HTTP, SMTP, POP, FTP over HTTP, TCP Tunneling, NNTP and SOCKS5. It works with a wide range of clients including web browsers, ICQ, MSN Messenger and many others.

03. JanaServer 2 is amongst other things a proxy server, that makes it possible for LAN members, everyone or a group as a part of the LAN, to access the internet via a Modem, ISDN or DSL connection. Furthermore the JanaServer is an e-mail server that permits the users on the local net to send each other e-mails or make it possible for every single user to send e-mails over the internet.

04. Charon is a multipurpose proxy program. Charon will search for publically posted proxy lists and incorporate an environmental checker to verify their anonymity / functionality. Filtering support is added by means of user-customizable lists to eliminate proxies such as those run by educational / military / government authorities.

05. ProxyCap enables you to tunnel Internet applications through HTTP, SOCKS v4, and SOCKS v5 Proxy Servers. You can set it to know which applications connects to the Internet through a proxy and under what circumstances. It also provides flexible rule system and allows you to define your own "tunneling" rules. You can add a new rule with just a few mouse clicks.

07. AnalogX Proxy is a small and simple server that allows any other machine on your local network to route it's requests through a central machine. It supports FTP (file transfer), HTTP (web), HTTPS (secure web), NNTP (newsgroups), POP3 (recieve mail), SMTP (send mail) and Socks4/4a and partial Socks5 (no UDP) protocols! It works great with Internet Explorer, Netscape, Instant Messenger.

09. Achilles is a free and useful application which acts as a HTTP/HTTPS proxy that gives a user the possibility to intercept, log, and modify web traffic on the fly.

10. Proxy Server CCProxy enables all computers on the LAN access Internet through one single Internet connection. Just need to install it on the server which can access Internet directly and the other PC clients can connect to the Internet through the proxy software. It will provide you a cost-effective Internet connection sharing solution without losing ease of use and peace of mind.

11. Proxy Switcher offers flexible proxy server list management, proxy server tester and anonymous surfing capabilities. It can change proxy settings on the fly, automatically proxy server switching for anonymous surfing and test the availability of proxy.

12. SocksChain is a useful utility that will help you hide your IP when browsing the Internet. It allows to connect to any Internet service through a chain of SOCKS or HTTP proxies to hide the actual IP address. It also possible to work with a programs that are not designed to support SOCKS protocol directly.