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What is the difference between Proxy and VPN?
The main difference is in the encryption. Sample case:
I would like to see a website in China which is blocked in my country. This site is not accessible from my country because the site owner only allows users located in China. For that, I have two options to change the location. Via Proxy or VPN.
PROXY
Proxies have no encryption. People who have access to my data stream (my internet provider or someone in the government) can steal the data I send.
VPN
Just like a proxy server, my ip address and location are changed to China and I can see websites in this country, but my data will be encrypted.
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There are 3 types of proxies
- Transparent. This type of proxy is known as a lower level proxy. This proxy is not able to hide real IP, and it doesn't support SSL.
- Anonymous. This type of proxy is able to hide the original IP but does not support SSL/Security Socket Layer connections or so-called HTTPS.
- High anonymous. This type of proxy is at the very top level, the quality is equivalent to VPN.
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