Proxy

Proxy Servers

An HTTP, or web, proxy server provides a gateway between your browser and the rest of the Internet. A proxy server replaces your identity (IP address, in this case) with its own, making it possible to browse more privately, securely, and can offer additional features depending upon the proxy. XMission now provides three different web proxies. Information about each is listed below.

Dial-up Web Accelerator

Our dial-up accelerator transparently compresses and caches web documents (i.e., text and html) locally to cut down on load time. Downloading compressed and cached web pages through XMission can speed up web browsing for dial-up users. To use this service, find your browser on our Dial-up Web Accelerator Usage instruction page.

Privoxy

Privoxy is geared towards filtering pop-up advertisements and regular web advertisements. XMission had previously offered a proxy called "Junkbuster" for the same purpose. Privoxy is based off Junkbuster but provides better filtering. Privoxy also provides all of the features offered by the "Normal Caching Proxy". If you wish to use this service, find your browser on our Privoxy Usage instruction page.

DansGuardian

DansGuardian is a web proxy capable of filtering out web content (sex, drugs, profanity, violence, etc.) some might consider offensive. DansGuardian also offers all of the features offered by "Privoxy" and the "Normal Caching Proxy". If you wish to use this service, visit our DansGuardian Usage page.

Normal Caching Proxy

Our normal proxy transparently caches web documents locally to cut down on load time. Downloading a web page from an XMission server is faster than downloading one from across the Internet. If you wish to use this service, find your browser on our Caching Proxy Usage instruction page.