A Proxy site is a web page which allows you to browse your favorite web sites — even though your access to those web sites might be blocked by a content filter, such as WebSense or SmartFilter. The proxy site also helps to mask the visit to the site, so that there is less evidence that the content filter was not successful in preventing the visit.

How Do Proxy Sites Work?

Proxy sites enable you to bypass your own Internet provider and browse through the proxy web site. A proxy site allows the user to key in a specific web address and be directed to that specific page in a window. This accomplishes two things. First, the window is coded as part of the proxy site address and not the actual web site the user is visiting. Second, any information cached on in the temporary Internet files will appear to be information related to the proxy site, and not the blocked web site.