Let’s say you’re an employee of a company that has a strict internet usage policy, which restricts access to certain websites. However, you need to access a website that is blocked by the company’s firewall.
One solution to this problem is to use a proxy server. A proxy server is an intermediate server that acts as an intermediary between your computer and the internet. When you connect to a website through a proxy server, the server forwards your request to the website on your behalf, so the website sees the request as coming from the proxy server, not from your computer.
In this case, you could configure your web browser to use a proxy server and connect to the blocked website through the proxy. The proxy server would then forward your request to the website, and the website’s response would be sent back to the proxy server, which would then forward it to your web browser.
By using a proxy server, you can bypass the company’s firewall and access the blocked website, since the firewall will only see the request going to the proxy server, not the blocked website. However, it’s important to note that using a proxy server in this way may violate your company’s internet usage policy and could result in disciplinary action.